Anisops debilis perplexus Poisson

(Figs 7A, 13 A)

Material examined. Station 1, 28 -vi-2013, 1♀; station 2, 18 -vii-2013, 1♀; station 8, 25 -iv-2013, 1♀; 29-x-2013, 1♀; 30-xi-2013, 1♀; 28-xii-2013, 1♀; station 15, 22 -v-2013, 3♀; station 31, 30 -xi-2013, 3♀; station 35, 27 -vi- 2013, 2 ♂1♀; 25-vii-2013, 3♂ 2♀; 29-xi-2013, 1♂ 3♀; 27-xii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; station 43, 20 -xi-2013, 1 ♂; station 45, 27 -xi-2013, 5♀; 25-xii-2013, 3♀; station 46, 31 -x-2013, 8♀; 27-xi-2013, 6♀; 25-xii-2013, 6♀; station 47, 27 -i- 2013, 1 ♂3♀; 25-ii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 25-iii-2013, 2♂ 3♀; station 49, 19 -vii-2013, 2 ♂.

Comments. This species occupies very distinct habitats, consisting of slow flowing or stagnant water, fresh or brackish, up to 380 m asl. It was first recorded from Tunisia by Omer-Cooper (1930) under the name of Anisops canariensis Noualhier in southern localities (Teboulbou, Gabès).

Distribution. It occurs in South Europe (Portugal, Spain and Sicily), Middle East (Iran, Iraq, Israel, and Saudi Arabia), North Africa, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Senegal (Polhemus 1995; Carapezza 1997; Larsen & Blaustein 2005).