Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum (Leach, 1817)

Berchi, Gavril Marius, Rădac, Ioan Alexandru, Boda, Pál & Kment, Petr, 2024, Water boatmen (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Corixidae) of Romania, Zootaxa 5555 (2), pp. 227-252 : 242

Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum (Leach, 1817)

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Material examined. ROMANIA: Cluj County: Sucutard (=Szentgotthárd), vii.1899, leg. Pável?, revid. P. Boda, 2 ♂♂ ( HNHM) .

Published records. Soós (1959), Kecskés (1999).

General distribution. From Morocco to most of Europe, eastward to western and central Siberia ( Jansson 1986, 1995; Kanyukova et al. 2002, 2021; Grandova 2013; Boda et al. 2015; Shapovalov et al. 2018b). In Romania, this species is known only from the northwestern part of the country ( Fig. 27 ).

Remarks. This species was reported from only two localities i.e., Sucutard, Cluj County ( Soós 1959) and Sălsig, MaramureȘ County ( Kecskés 1999). The record by Prunescu-Arion & Elian (1962) listed in Paina (1975) refers to Corixa geoffroyi (= C. punctata ).

Figures

FIGURES 22–28. (22–23) Distribution in Romania: (22) Sigara (Sigara) striata (Linnaeus, 1758); (23) Sigara (Subsigara) falleni (Fieber, 1848) (dots) and S. (Subsigara) iactans Jansson, 1983 (squares). (24–26) Shape of the male pala: (24) Triangular pala—S. (Subsigara) falleni (Romania:Sibiu county: Săcel); (25) Intermediate between triangular and trapezoidalpala (Romania: Harghita county: Sânpaul); (26) Trapezoidal pala—S. (Subsigara) iactans (Romania: Dolj county: Ciupercenii Noi). (27–28) Distribution in Romania: (27) Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum (Leach, 1817); (28) S. (Vermicorixa) lateralis (Leach, 1817). Blank shapes represent published records, solid shapes represent records from this study, and question mark in Fig. 23 indicates the location of the specimen with an intermediate shape of the pala [listed as Sigara (Subsigara) cf. falleni]. Palae not scaled.