Aquarius paludum paludum (Fabricius, 1794)

Fent, Meral, Kment, Petr, Çamur-Elipek, Belgin & Kirgiz, Timur, 2011, Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records 2856, Zootaxa 2856 (1), pp. 1-84 : 41-42

Aquarius paludum paludum (Fabricius, 1794)

= Cylindrostethus bergrothi Lindberg, 1922

Material examined. EUROPEAN TURKEY: Edirne province: Süleoğlu (stream under dam) (loc. 8), 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Enez—Gala Gölü [lake] (loc. 10), 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Suakacağı village (loc. 35), 1 ♀, M. Fent det. ( TUET) . ASIAN TUR- KEY: Adana province: Feke, Kıvırcıklı Çayı [stream] 13.vii.1978, 1 ♂, T. Kırgız lgt., M. Fent det. ( TUET) . Aydın province: Söke, Menderes Nehri [river],, 7.vi.1968, 1 ♀ (br), Ardö lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Hatay province: Hatay env., Amik Gölü [lake] [drained in the period 1940s–1970s], 18.v.1953, 1 ♀ (ma), Dr. H. Kumerloeve lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Osmaniye province: Haruniye [= Düziçi], vi.1953, 14 ♂♂ 14 ♀♀ (ma) 1 ♀ (br), Dr. H. Kumerloeve lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) .

European Turkey. Hoberlandt (1952a, revised!), Josifov (1986a), Andersen (1995), Önder et al. (2006), Aukema (2009); this paper.

Asian Turkey. Hoberlandt (1952a, as Gerris p., revised!), Wagner (1959, as Gerris paludum bergrothi ), Andersen (1995), Kıyak et al. (2004), Önder et al. (2006), Kıyak et al. (2008), Salur & Mesci (2009).

Turkey (not distinguished). Stichel (1955, as Gerris p.), Nieser & Moubayed (1985, as Gerris p.), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001), Kanyukova (2006).

General distribution. Widely distributed in Palaearctic Region (except North Africa), overlapping to north of the Oriental Region ( India, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam) ( Andersen 1995, Protić 1998). The species is recently dispersing in northern Europe ( Damgaard 2010).

Comment. The phylogeographic study of mtDNA (COI gene) of A. paludum was published by Damgaard & Zettel (2004).

Identification. Andersen (1990), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000), Kanyukova (1982, 2006).