Gerris ( Gerris ) maculatus Tamanini, 1946

Gerris ( Gerris) maculatus Tamanini, 1946 View in CoL

Gerris gibbifera (Schummel) : Giglio-Tos (1894: 10), “Schtora [= Chtaura, Chtoura] alle falde del Libano ” (partim); “[…] presso Brak”; “ Beirut ”. Misidentification (verified).

Material examined. Published records: “ Stora”, [1893], [ E. Festa leg.], [ E. Giglio-Tos det.] as G. gibbifera (Schum.) , F. Cianferoni revid., 1 ♀ macr, MRSN ; “Brak”, [1893], [ E. Festa leg.], [ E. Giglio-Tos det.] as G. gibbifera (Schum.) , F. Cianferoni revid., 1 ♀ macr., MRSN ; “ Beirut ”, [ 11.VII.1893], [ E. Festa leg.], [ E. Giglio-Tos det.] as G. gibbifera (Schum.) , F. Cianferoni revid., 1 ♂ macr., MRSN .

Survey material: Basin of Orontes: El Jamiaa at Marjhine, 20.V.2001, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ) macr., CFC .

Extra-survey material: Akkar Governatorate , Akkar District, Jabal Qammoua, 1800 m a.s.l., 22.V.2010, A. Carapezza leg., “ Lebanon 22.V.2010 | caza Akkar 1.800 m | Jabal Qammoua | leg. A. Carapezza ”, 2 ♀♀ macr., ACPI . Mount Lebanon Governorate, Chouf District , Wadi El Sitt, 700 m a.s.l., 16.V.2010, A. Carapezza leg., “ Lebanon 16.V.2010 | caza Chouf | wadi el-Sitt 700 m | leg. A. Carapezza ”, 1 ♂ macr., 1 ♀ apt., ACPI .

General distribution. This is a Turano-Mediterranean species (Cianferoni et al. 2013; see Damagaard et al. 2014 and Berchi et al. 2018).

Remarks. The old records of Gerris gibbifera [sic] Schummel, 1832 by Giglio-Tos (1894) are actually to be attributed to G. maculatus Tamanini, 1946 , which was not yet described (Tamanini 1946) at that time ( Damgaard et al. 2014, see Berchi et al. 2018 a).

These records are the first one of G. maculatus in Lebanon.