<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>During a field campaign in the Strei River basin in August 2014, seven suitable habitats for aquatic and semi-aquatic true bugs were identified from the confluence of the Strei River with the Bărbat River down to the confluence with the Mureș River. Forty-eight individuals belonging to 15 species and nine families of aquatic and semi-aquatic true bugs were sampled. We mention two species considered rare in Romanian fauna: <italic>Hebrus montanus</italic> and <italic>Microvelia pygmaea</italic>. The statistic-mathematical analysis showed the similarity of the true bugs’ communities from habitats with similar conditions, as well as the relation of each species with particular habitat conditions, emphasizing the fact that <italic>Gerris lacustris</italic> is present in the majority of the investigated habitats, while the rest of the species are conditioned mostly by the ratio between the areas with open water and those covered by aquatic vegetation.</p></abstract>

During a field campaign in the Strei River basin in August 2014, seven suitable habitats for aquatic and semi-aquatic true bugs were identified from the confluence of the Strei River with the Bărbat River down to the confluence with the Mureș River. Forty-eight individuals belonging to 15 species and nine families of aquatic and semi-aquatic true bugs were sampled. We mention two species considered rare in Romanian fauna: Hebrus montanus and Microvelia pygmaea. The statistic-mathematical analysis showed the similarity of the true bugs’ communities from habitats with similar conditions, as well as the relation of each species with particular habitat conditions, emphasizing the fact that Gerris lacustris is present in the majority of the investigated habitats, while the rest of the species are conditioned mostly by the ratio between the areas with open water and those covered by aquatic vegetation.

Aquatic and Semiaquatic Heteroptera (Nepomorpha) from the Strei River Basin

Faculty of Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences and Physics

Faculty of Sciences, Applied Ecology Research Center

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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During a field campaign in the Strei River basin in August 2014, seven suitable habitats for aquatic and semi-aquatic true bugs were identified from the...

Aquatic and Semiaquatic Heteroptera (Nepomorpha) from the Strei River Basin

Published Online: Feb 06, 2018

Page range: 51 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2018-0012

Keywords
aquatic true bugs, semiaquatic true bugs, habitats, Romania

© 2018 Daniela Ilie et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Aquatic and Semiaquatic Heteroptera (Nepomorpha) from the Strei River Basin

Published Online: Feb 06, 2018

Page range: 51 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2018-0012

Keywordsaquatic true bugs, semiaquatic true bugs, habitats, Romania

© 2018 Daniela Ilie et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
aquatic true bugs, semiaquatic true bugs, habitats, Romania