Annotated catalogue and checklist of Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Lebanon, with new records Author Cianferoni, Fabio 0000-0003-3170-0774 Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I- 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy & La Specola’ Museum, Natural History Museum of the University of Florence, I- 50125, Via Romana 17, Florence, Italy. fabio.cianferoni@cnr.it Author Dia, Aref 0009-0007-6144-0199 Faculty of Science, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon arefdia@ul.edu.lb text Zootaxa 2025 2025-12-01 5725 1 1 54 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.1.1 journal article 313510 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.1.1 2e5a5347-52f9-4d8e-9cbf-1ca635e1c73d 1175-5326 17869986 5CED4B20-6D8A-44CC-B7AF-C1A9EE710EC2
TABLE 2. Checklist of the Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha and Leptopodomorpha of Lebanon
First record for Lebanon
GERROMORPHA
Mesoveliidae
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1 Here quoted without subpecific assignment (see the remarks under the taxon for further explanation). 2 See the remarks under the taxon for further explanation. The record of Salda saltatoria Linnaeus by Puton (1881) could be refer to this entity or another Saldula species (like S. lindbergi). However, S. saltatoria is excluded form this checklist.
Mesovelia vittigera Horváth, 1895Horváth (1915) [Giglio-Tos 1894: misidentification]
Hebridae
Hebrus (Hebrus) montanus Kolenati, 1857Kment & Kanyukova (2010)
Hebrus (Hebrus) sp. [not H. montanus]Present contribution
Hydrometridae
Hydrometra stagnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)Puton (1881)
‘Veliidae’
Microvelia (Picaultia) pygmaea (Dufour, 1833)Nieser & Moubayed (1986)
Rhagovelia (R.) infernalis africana Lundblad, 1936Present contribution [Nieser & Moubayed 1986: suspected misidentification]
Velia (Plesiovelia) affinis affinis Kolenati, 1857Nieser & Moubayed (1986) [Puton 1881: misidentification]
Gerridae
Aquarius paludum paludum (Fabricius, 1794)Lindberg (1922)
Aquarius ventralis (Fieber, 1860)Lindberg (1922)
Gerris (Gerris) argentatus Schummel, 1832Nieser & Moubayed (1986)
Gerris (Gerris) costae (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850) 1Giglio-Tos (1894)
Gerris (Gerris) maculatus Tamanini, 1946Present contribution [Giglio-Tos 1894: misidentification]
Gerris (Gerris) thoracicus Schummel, 1832Nieser & Moubayed (1986) [Giglio-Tos 1894: misidentification]
NEPOMORPHA
Nepidae
Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758Giglio-Tos (1894)
Micronectidae
Micronecta (Basileonecta) scutellaris (Stål, 1858)Present contribution
Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) pusilla (Horváth, 1895)Present contribution
Micronecta (Micronecta) wui alkani Hoberlandt, 1952Present contribution [Giglio-Tos 1894: misidentification]
NEPOMORPHA
Corixidae
Corixa affinis Leach, 1817Giglio-Tos (1894)
Corixa punctata (Illiger, 1807)Present contribution
Hesperocorixa parallela (Fieber, 1860)Nieser & Moubayed (1986) [Giglio-Tos 1894: misidentification]
Sigara (Halicorixa) mayri (Fieber, 1860)Present contribution
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) n. nigrolineata (Fieber, 1848)Giglio-Tos (1894)
Sigara (Sigara) albiventris (Horváth, 1911)Nieser & Moubayed (1986)
Sigara (Sigara) striata (Linnaeus, 1758)Giglio-Tos (1894)
Sigara (Subsigara) samani samani Hoberlandt, 1952Nieser & Moubayed (1986)
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis (Leach, 1817)Dia (1983)
Ochteridae
Ochterus marginatus marginatus (Latreille, l804)Lindberg (1922)
Notonectidae
Anisops debilis perplexus Poisson, 1929Present contribution
Anisops sardeus sardeus Herrich-Schäffer, 1849Dia (1998) [doubtful specific assignment]. Present contribution
Anisops varius Fieber, 1851Present contribution [Giglio-Tos 1894: misidentification]
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Fabricius, 1794Dia (1983) [Giglio-Tos 1894: misidentification]
Notonecta (Notonecta) meridionalis Poisson, 1926Present contribution [Giglio-Tos 1894: misidentification]
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Delcourt, 1909Dia (1983) [Giglio-Tos 1894: misidentification]
Pleidae
Plea cryptica Raupach, Charzinksi & Hendrich, 2024Present contribution [Giglio-Tos 1894: misidentification]
LEPTOPODOMORPHA
Saldidae
Saldula amplicollis (Reuter, 1891)Lindskog (1995) [without exact locality]
Saldula arenicola arenicola (Scholtz, 1847)Lindberg (1922)
Saldula lindbergi Lindskog, 1975Vinokurov & Kment (2015)
Saldula melanoscela (Fieber, 1859)Fent et al. (2011)
Saldula pallipes (Fabricius, 1794)Present contribution
Saldula sp. [Saldula pallidipennis Reuter]Horváth (1929a)
Saldula sp. cf. “undescribed species (close to S. lindbergi) ” 2Lindskog (1995) [without exact locality]. Present contribution
Leptopodidae
Patapius spinosus (Rossi, 1790)Puton (1881)
Leptopus marmoratus (Goeze, 1778)Fent et al. (2011)