Tenagogonus kuiterti Hungerford & Matsuda, 1958

Jehamalar, E. Eyarin & Chandra, Kailash, 2020, A new species of Tenagogonus Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) and first records of eight species of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera from India, Zootaxa 4718 (1), pp. 95-107 : 104

Tenagogonus kuiterti Hungerford & Matsuda, 1958

( Figs. 1I , 3 J–L)

1958. Tenagogonus kuiterti Hungerford & Matsuda : The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 39, 395.

Material examined. INDIA, MEGHALAYA, East Jaintia Hills District, 4 apt. ♂, 12 apt. ♀, 4 Nymphs, Daidung Village , Pool, 1079 m a.s.l. , 25.33547° N, 92.61981° E , 12.iii.2016, Coll. E.E. Jehamalar. Ri-Bhoi District , 1 apt. ♀, Nongkyllem RF, Uming Stream , 539 m a.s.l. , 25.83795° N, 91.76129° E, 27.iii.2018, Coll. E.E. Jehamalar. Reg. No. 9371/H15 to 9372/H15.

Diagnosis. Body length of the apterous male 6.24–6.88 (n=5), apterous female 6.63–7.15 (n=5), body width at mesoacetabulum, apterous male 2.08–2.19 (n=5), apterous female 2.16–2.31 (n=5); sternum VIII of the male simple; the last connexival segment of the male apically acute, but without a connexival process; the posterolateral angles of abdominal segment VIII of the male extends well away from the lateral margins; the female has a very small, triangular connexival process ( Figs. 3K, L ); the males are slightly smaller than the females; the dorsum of the thorax has indistinct stripes; sternum VII of the female is posteromedially convex; sternum VII posterolaterally has a small window like area.

Distribution. India (Meghalaya, Fig. 4C ), Myanmar ( Hungerford & Matsuda 1958).

Figures

FIGURES 1A–M. A, Ranatra libera, male, dorsal view; B, apical part of the paramere of R. libera, lateral view; C, Hydrometra jaczewskii, male, dorsal view; D, same, abdominal tip, lateral view; E, H. longicapitis, female, lateral view; F, Strongylovelia balteiformis, apterous male, dorsal view; G, S. hainanensis, apterous female, dorsal view; H, same, lateral view; I, Tenagogonus kuiterti, apterous male, dorsal view; J–K. Gerris lobatus, brachypterous male: J, abdominal tip, lateral view; K, habitus, dorsal view; L, Rheumatogonus vietnamensis, apterous male, dorsal view; M, same, apterous female, dorsal view.

FIGURES 3A–L. Apterous form of species of Tenagogonus unless otherwise mentioned: A–I, Tenagogonus aruli sp. nov.; A, abdominal tip of female, dorsal view; B, same, ventral view; C, proctiger of male, dorsal view; D, abdominal tip of female, lateral view; E, abdominal tip of macropterous male, ventral view; F, eighth abdominal segment of male, ventral view; G, genital capsule of male, lateral view; H, endosoma with pygophore, ventral view; I, endosoma, lateral view; J–L. Tenagogonus kuiterti: J, abdominal tip of male, ventral view; K, abdominal tip of female, dorsal view; L, abdominal tip of female, lateral view.

FIGURES 4A–C. A, Map of India showing location of state of Meghalaya; B, Distribution in Meghalaya of Ranatra libera in blue squares; Hydrometra jaczewskii in green triangles; H. longicapitis in red square; Gerris lobatus in pink circle; Rheumatogonus vietnamensis in black circle; C, Distribution in Meghalaya of Strongylovelia balteiformis in red circles; S. hainanensis in pink square; Tenagogonus aruli sp. nov. in green squares; T. kuiterti in blue circles.