Sigara (Sigara) assimilis (Fieber, 1848)

Berchi, Gavril Marius, Rădac, Ioan Alexandru, Boda, Pál & Kment, Petr, 2024, Water boatmen (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Corixidae) of Romania, Zootaxa 5555 (2), pp. 227-252 : 240

Sigara (Sigara) assimilis (Fieber, 1848)

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Material examined. ROMANIA: Brăila County: Spiru Haret [pond], 44.8919°N 27.7488°E, 12 m a.s.l., 01.viii.2012, 1 ♂ . Buzău County: Caragele [stream], 44.9866°N 27.0369°E, 52 m a.s.l., 31.vii.2012, 1 ♂ . Tulcea County: Murighiol [lake], 45.0278°N 29.1599°E, 6 m a.s.l., 06.viii.2015, 1 ♂ .

Published records. Fuss (1862), Horváth (1877, 1897), Jaczewski (1934), Soós (1959), BucȘa (1972), Schneider (1973), Kis (1976), Jansson (1986, in map), Kis & Davidescu (1994), Davideanu (1999), Olosutean & Ilie (2010a).

General distribution. From southeastern Europe ( Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, southern European territories of Russia) and southwestern Asia, eastward to Mongolia ( Jansson 1986, 1995; Kanyukova et al. 2002, 2016; Fent et al. 2011; Grandova 2013, 2014a; Boda et al. 2015; Stoianova & Simov 2016; Shapovalov et al. 2018b; Stoianova 2018; Berchi et al. 2023). In Romania, this species is known from most of the country ( Fig. 21 ).

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FIGURES 16–21. Distribution in Romania: (16) Sigara (Halicorixa) mayri (Fieber, 1860); (17) S. (Halicorixa) stagnalis pontica Jaczewski, 1961; (18) S. (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata nigrolineata (Fieber, 1848); (19) S. (Retrocorixa) limitata limitata (Fieber, 1848); (20) S. (Retrocorixa) semistriata (Fieber, 1848); (21) S. (Sigara) assimilis (Fieber, 1848). Blank shapes represent published records, while solid shapes represent records from this study.