Strongylovelia hainanensis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2015

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 : 99

Strongylovelia hainanensis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2015

( Figs. 1 G–H)

2015. Strongylovelia hainanensis Ye, Chen & Bu : Zootaxa, 3920 (4), 541.

Material examined. INDIA, MEGHALAYA, West Garo Hills District, 1 apt. ♀, Gambegre Village , Skili Stream, 177 m a.s.l. , 25.4343° N, 90.14153° E, 11.vi.2016, coll. E.E. Jehamalar. Reg. No. 7656/H15.

Diagnosis. Body length: apterous female 1.34 (n=1); first antennal segment yellowish white; fore trochanter brown, mid and hind trochanter and base of fore and hind femur yellowish white ( Fig. 1G ); metacetabular region in lateral view with a medium sized yellow mark adjacent to a small yellow mark; basal part and apex of connexivum clothed with medium sized setae ( Fig. 1H ).

Distribution. India (Meghalaya, Fig. 4C ), China (Hainan) ( Ye et al. 2015).

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.