Checklist, distribution, and a new record of Nepomorphan water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in northern Tunisia Author Slimani, Noura Author Moulet, Pierre Author Chen, Ping-Ping Author Nieser, Nico Author Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique Author Boumaïza, Moncef Author Guilbert, Eric text Zootaxa 2015 3981 2 151 176 journal article 39985 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.2.1 b8c1fe54-7d0e-4f96-a21e-76410d8f0270 1175-5326 239818 5E714DAC-15F2-46DA-AE2E-F74B2513D558 Notonecta glauca glauca Linnaeus ( Figs 7 B, 13B) Material examined. Station 8, 27 -vi-2013, 1 ♂; 17-vii-2013 , 2♂ ; station 8, 28 -i-2013, 1 ♂; 26-ii-2013 , 1♂ 1♀; 26- iii-2013 , 2♂ 1♀; 23-iv- 2013,2♂1♀; 21-v-2013 , 2♂ ; 27-vi-2013 , 1♂ 1♀; 17-vii-2013 , 2♂ 1♀; 20-viii-2013 , 1♂ ; 03- ix-2013 , 1♂ 2♀; station 13, 21 -v-2013, 1 ♂; 27-vi-2013 , 1♂ 1♀; 17-vii-2013 , 1♂ 1♀; station 17, 21 -v-2013, 1♀; station 43, 20 -v-2013, 1 ♂; station 44, 26 -vi-2013, 1 ♂; 16-vii-2013 , 2♂ 1♀; station 45, 26 -vi-2013, 1 ♂; 16-vii- 2013 , 1♂ 1♀; station 49, 19 -vii-2013, 2 ♂. Comments. The specimens were collected in north and western Tunisia in different habitat types , from lowland to high altitudes, in freshwater with muddy bottoms and rich in aquatic vegetation. It was first recorded from Tunisia by Ferrari (1884) . Distribution. It occurs in Palearctic region (Polhemus 1995; Carapezza 1997 ; Fent et al. 2011 ).