Notonecta ( Notonecta ) viridis Delcourt, 1909

Cianferoni, Fabio & Dia, Aref, 2025, Annotated catalogue and checklist of Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Lebanon, with new records, Zootaxa 5725 (1), pp. 1-54 : 31-32

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scientific name	Notonecta ( Notonecta ) viridis Delcourt, 1909
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Notonecta ( Notonecta) viridis Delcourt, 1909 View in CoL

Notonecta glauca Linnaeus : Giglio-Tos (1894: 10), “Bekfeiya [= Bikfaya] a 1000 m. circa sul Libano ” (partim); “[...] presso Brak-Ain Haur a 1800 m. sul Libano ” (partim). Misidentifications (verified).

Notonecta viridis mediterranea Hutchinson View in CoL : Dia (1983), “ Liban méridional”; Nieser & Moubayed (1986: 249), “ Liban […] Yammouné”.

Notonecta ( Notonecta) viridis Delcourt View in CoL : Fent et al. (2011: 33), “ Lebanon ”, quotation of Nieser & Moubayed (1986, as “1985”); Aukema et al. (2013: 34), “ Lebanon ”, quotation of Nieser & Moubayed (1986 under N. viridis meditteranea ).

Material examined. Published records: “ Bekfeiya”, [1893], [ E. Festa leg.], [ E. Giglio-Tos det.] as Notonecta glauca Lin., F. Cianferoni revid., 1 ♀, MRSN ; “Ain | Haur”, [1893], [ E. Festa leg.], [ E. Giglio-Tos det.] as Notonecta glauca Lin., F. Cianferoni revid., 1 ♀, MRSN .

Survey material: Basin of Aarqa: Nahr El Houaïch at bridge, 1.VII.2000, 2 ♂♂, MLUB . Basin of Aouali : Nabaa Aazibi, 10.VI.1979, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB ; idem, 22.IX.1979, 1 ♀, MLUB ; Nabaa Abou Kharma , 15.IX.1979, 1 ♀, MLUB ; Nabaa el Barouk, 2.VI.1979, 2 ♀♀, MLUB . Basin of El Bared : Mare El Bared, 17.VII.2003, 1 ♀, MLUB . Basin of Hasbani : Ebel es-Saqi, 31.X.2004, 2 ♂♂, MLUB ; Hasbani at bridge El Fardis, 31.X.2004, 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ MLUB ; Hasbani , 21.X.2004, 1 ♀, MLUB . Basin of Litani : Nabaa el Hjaïr, 2.VI.2005, 1 ♀, MLUB ; Litani below Ain Zarka spring, 28.X.2004, 1 ♀, MLUB . Basin of Orontes : El Haour at Marjhine, 12.VIII.2002, 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, MLUB ; El Jamiaa at Marjhine, 20.V.2001, 2 ♂♂, MLUB ; idem, 21.X.2004, 3 ♀♀, MLUB ; El Jammâssia at Marjhine, 13.VIII.2002, 1 ♂, MLUB . Basin of Oustouane : El Abiad, 28.VIII.1995, 3 ♀♀, MLUB ; idem, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CFC ; El Abiad , 19.VII.1998, 2 ♂♂, MLUB .

Extra-survey material: Ainata ( Coll. Am. Un. Beirut), 1.VII.1953, K. Christiansen leg., P. Kment det. , 1 spec. ( NMPC). Akkar Governatorate, Akkar District, Jabal Qammoua , 1800 m a.s.l., 22.V.2010, A. Carapezza leg., “ Lebanon 22.V.2010 | caza Akkar 1.800 m | Jabal Qammoua | leg. A. Carapezza ”, 1 ♂, ACPI .

General distribution. Species widespread in Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, and Indian region (Polhemus 1995c; Aukema et al. 2013; Aukema 2024).

Remarks. A very common species in Lebanon.