Nychia sappho Kirkaldy, 1901

Zettel, Herbert, Lane, David J. W., Pangantihon, Clister V., Freitag, Hendrik & Be, Jalan Tungku Link, 2012, Notes on Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from southeastern Asia, mostly from Brunei and the Philippines, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 29-48 : 44

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5330381
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scientific name	Nychia sappho Kirkaldy, 1901
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Nychia sappho Kirkaldy, 1901 View in CoL

Nychia marshalli var. sappho Kirkaldy, 1901: 809 View in CoL .

Nychia sappho: LANSBURY (1985: 4) View in CoL ; NIESER (2004: 94) View Cited Treatment ; CHEN et al. (2005: 423) View Cited Treatment ; NIESER et al. (2008: 285); CHEN & NIESER (2011: 230).

Nychia cf. sappho: ZETTEL (2003: 125) View in CoL .

Material examined (all brachypterous). BRUNEI: BELAIT DISTRICT: Sungai Ingei, upstream of Base Camp, Site 8, 13.vi.2010, leg. Mayyer Ling (#13), 1 ♀ ( UBDB). Sungai Ingei , east bank, swamp/stream, South trail opposite Base Camp, N 04º09’26.45” E 114º43’04.54”, 16.vi.2010, leg. D. J. W. Lane (28), 1 J 1 ♀ ( NHMW, UBDB). TU- TONG DISTRICT: Sungai Tutong Survey , site 14, 6.xii.2004, leg. D. J. W. Lane, 1 J ( UBDB). Lukut , Sites 1A, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4B, 5A, “stagnant” stream, 27.i.2010, leg. D. J. W. Lane (1C, 1D, 1F, 1N, 1O, 1P, 1Q), 15 JJ 6 ♀♀ ( UBDB, NHMW). BRUNEI- MUARA DISTRICT: west of Bandar Seri Begawan , south of Jerudong , large artificial lake, 5 m a.s.l., 04°55′03.0″N 114°49′54.3″E ( GPS), 3.xii.2008, leg. H. Zettel (36), 1 nymph ( NHMW) GoogleMaps . PHILIPPINES: MINDORO: Oriental Mindoro Province, Calapan City, Parang, 26.–27.v.2008, leg. C. V. Pangantihon (P290), 7 JJ ( HZWA, USCP). PALAWAN: Sabang , 0–30 m a.s.l., 29.iii.1994, leg. H. Zettel (52d), 2JJ ( NHMW). Puerto Princesa, Cabayugan , Manturon , 10°09′24″N 118°53′00″E, drain channel of paddy fields, 25.v.2001, leg. H. Freitag (CRDrD3), 13 nymphs ( HFDG). BOHOL: northern Bohol, southwest of Talibon , Zamora Dam, 25 m a.s.l., stream, 9.xi.2007, leg. H. Zettel (474a), 3 JJ 3 ♀♀ ( NHMW, UPLB), leg. C. V. Pangantihon (PC474a), 4 JJ 5 ♀♀ ( HZWA, USCP) GoogleMaps ; northern Bohol, southwest of Trinidad, San Isidro, Kawasan Falls , 11.xi.2007, leg. H. Zettel (480), 1 J ( NHMW) .

Distribution. Common and widely distributed from Myanmar to Australia (see, e.g., LANS- BURY 1985, ZETTEL 2003, NIESER 2004, CHEN et al. 2005, NIESER et al. 2008, CHEN & NIESER 2011). The specimens from Brunei represent the first country records. In the Philippines, N. sappho has been recorded from Sibuyan, Masbate, Western Samar, and Leyte (ZETTEL 2003, as Nychia cf. sappho ); here first records are provided from the islands of Mindoro, Palawan and Bohol. In addition, nymphs of Nychia sp. from the Loboc River in southern Bohol are deposited in USCP. So far, there are no records from northern Philippine islands.