Sigara (Halicorixa) mayri (Fieber, 1860)

Berchi, Gavril Marius, Rădac, Ioan Alexandru, Boda, Pál & Kment, Petr, 2024, Water boatmen (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Corixidae) of Romania, Zootaxa 5555 (2), pp. 227-252 : 236

Sigara (Halicorixa) mayri (Fieber, 1860)

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Material examined. ROMANIA: Constanța County: Vadu [pond], 44.4399°N 28.772°E, 1 m a.s.l., 07.viii.2015, 22 ♂♂ 7 ♀♀ .

Published records. Jaczewski (1934), Jansson (1986, in map), Kis & Davidescu (1994), Davideanu (1999), Olosutean & Ilie (2010a).

General distribution. Halobiont species distributed in coastal areas from southeastern Italy, through the south of the Balkan Peninsula to eastern Mediterranean area (e.g., Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Turkey) and western Black Sea coast (e.g., Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine) ( Jansson 1986, 1995; Fent et al. 2011; Grandova 2014a, b; Stoianova & Simov 2016). In Romania, S. mayri is known only from the Black Sea coast ( Fig. 16 ).

Figures

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.