Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis (Leach, 1817)

Taybi, Abdelkhaleq Fouzi, Mabrouki, Youness, Chavanon, Guy, Berrahou, Ali & Millán, Andrés, 2018, New data on the distribution of aquatic bugs (Hemiptera) from eastern Morocco with notes on chorology, Zootaxa 4459 (1), pp. 139-163 : 150

Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis (Leach, 1817)

Material examined. Pont Hassan II, 18.0 3. 14, 2 mm; Pré-Estuaire, 18.0 5. 14, 1 m, 2 ff; O. Charef, 19.0 3.14, 1 f; Pond O. Charef, 19.0 3. 14, 1 m, 1 j; Douar Imzaghrou, 23.0 3. 14, 1 m; Pont Taddarte, 23.0 3. 14, 1 m, 2 ff; Bassin Oujda, 26.0 2. 16, 82 mm/ff/jj; canal de Saïdia, 22.0 2. 16, 8 mm, 10 ff; Jbel Sidi Moussa, 29.0 5.17, 3 ff ; Lagune de Nador 1, 22.0 5. 15, 3 mm; Barrage Raknat Naam, 21.0 5. 16, 5 mm, 6 ff; Barrage Sfissef, 21.0 5. 16, 1 m, 2 ff; Dayat Lahjal, 22.0 5. 16, 1 m; Oued Aït Aïssa, 21. 11.16, 1 f.

Distribution. Sub-Cosmopolitan species. This is undoubtedly the most abundant and common species of Sigara in Morocco (L’Mohdi 2016). S. lateralis is widely distributed in the Moulouya River basin ( Chavanon et al. 2004, Taybi 2016) ( Fig. 8 ).

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FIGURE 8. Distribution of the recorded species of Nepomorpha in the study area (new records black, bibliographic records white).