title: Checklist, distribution, and a new record of Nepomorphan water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in northern Tunisia.
abstract: We report on the results of a survey of the Nepomorpha of northern Tunisia, and list twenty-three species belonging to twelve genera and seven families: Nepidae, Ochteridae, Corixidae, Micronectidae, Naucoridae, Notonectidae, and Pleidae. These records are based on intensive field surveys during the year 2013 and examination of the entomological collections of the National Museum Natural History of Paris. Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758) is recorded for the first time from Tunisia. The occurrence of Sigara (Halicorixa) stagnalis stagnalis (Leach, 1817) in Tunisia is confirmed. A preliminary checklist of the Nepomorpha of Northern Tunisia and updated distribution maps for all species treated are provided for further studies.
authors.affiliation: UMR7205 MNHN/CNRS/UPMC/EPHE, Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Noura
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Slimani
authors.affiliation: Museum Requien, 67 rue Joseph Vernet, F-84000 Avignon, France; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moulet
authors.affiliation: Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Ping-Ping
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Nico
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nieser
authors.affiliation: Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pluot-Sigwalt
authors.affiliation: Unit of Hydrobiology, Laboratory of Environment Biomonitoring (LBE), Faculty of Sciences of Bizerta, 7021, Jarzouna. Tunisia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Moncef
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boumaïza
authors.affiliation: Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Email: guilbert@mnhn.fr.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guilbert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D014416:Tunisia