Hydrometra longicapitis Torre-Bueno, 1927

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 : 98

Hydrometra longicapitis Torre-Bueno, 1927

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1927. Hydrometra longicapitis Torre-Bueno : Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 22, 31.

Material examined. INDIA, MEGHALAYA, East Jaintia Hills District, 1 brapt. ♀, Daidung Village , Pool, 1079 m a.s.l. , 25.33547° N, 92.61981° E, 12.iii.2016, Coll. E.E. Jehamalar. Reg. No. 7648/H15.

Diagnosis. Body length: brachypterous female 7.58 (n=1); frontoclypeus quadrate; gular lobe large; pronotal lobe posteriorly with an elongated tubercle, which has few long setae posteriorly; posterior region of abdomen curved upward ( Fig. 1E ); caudal process basally constricted in lateral view.

Distribution. India, (Meghalaya, Fig. 4B ), southern China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra and Borneo) ( Tran et al. 2010, Zettel et al. 2017).

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 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.