Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Fabricius, 1794

Berchi, Gavril Marius, 2013, Checklist and distribution of the family Notonectidae in Romania, with the first record of Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha), Zootaxa 3682 (1), pp. 121-132 : 123-124

Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Fabricius, 1794

Notonecta maculata : this paper.

Material examined. Romania: Suceava county: Clit [brook], 47°44'41''N E 25°51'05''E, 446 m a.s.l., 31.vii.2011, 533 4ƤƤ.

Notes. New to the fauna of Romania. Several other species were collected among N. maculata , such as Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 (Nepidae) , Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata nigrolineata (Fieber, 1848) (Corixidae) , N. glauca glauca Linnaeus, 1758 (Notonectidae) , Hydrometra stagnorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hydrometridae) , Gerris lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758) , and Limnoporus rufoscutellatus (Latreille, 1807) (both Gerridae ). Aspects of the hemelytral coloration pattern and the paramere are illustrated in Figs. 5 and 10 .

Distribution. Southern and central Europe, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, northern Africa, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan ( Polhemus 1995; Protiċ 1998, 2011; Martín & López 2004; Kanyukova 2006; Soós et al. 2009; Fent et al. 2011). For Romanian distribution see Fig. 15 .

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FIGURE 15. Present distribution of Anisops sardeus sardeus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1849 (dot), Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794 (star), N. meridionalis Poisson, 1923 (square), and N. lutea Müller, 1776 (triangle) in Romania. Solid shapes represent the published records, blank shapes represent the new records.

FIGURES 1 – 8. Variability of hemelytral coloration pattern. 1 – 4 –– Notonecta glauca glauca Linnaeus, 1758, 5 –– Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794, 6 –– Notonecta meridionalis Poisson, 1923, 7 – 8 –– Notonecta viridis Delcourt, 1909 (1, 6, 7 –– Argeş county: Negreşti, 2, 8 –– Galaţi county: Cioräşti 3, 4 –– Timiş county: Dumbräviţa, 5 –– Suceava county: Clit). Photographs by Denis Copilaş – Ciocianu.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Aspects of parameres. 9 –– Notonecta glauca glauca Linnaeus, 1758, 10 –– Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794, 11 –– Notonecta meridionalis Poisson, 1923, 12 –– Notonecta viridis Delcourt, 1909 (9, 11, 12 –– Argeş county: Negreşti, 10 –– Suceava county: Clit). Photographs by Denis Copilaş – Ciocianu.