Metrocoris nepalensis Distant, 1910

Zettel, Herbert & Duc, Tran Anh, 2007, On Gerridae (Insecta: Heteroptera) from Bhutan, with description of a new species of Onychotrechus Kirkaldy, 1903, Zootaxa 1467, pp. 43-49 : 48

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.176609

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6241543

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scientific name

Metrocoris nepalensis Distant, 1910
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Material examined. 2 males, 1 female (apterous) " BHUTAN: Punakha Prov.\ 6 km NNW Punakha\ Lakhu, ca. 1300 m \ 27°37'31"N 89°49'31"E \ 24.11.2005, leg. M. Jäch (18)"; 1 female (apterous) " BHUTAN: Wangdiphodrang\ Nahi Chhu Riv. at Hesothong\ kha, 27,47°N, 89,54°E, 1260m \ 29.11.2005, H02WA013".

Notes. Metrocoris nepalensis has been reported from northwestern India and central Nepal ( Chen & Nieser 1993). The new record expands the distribution considerably eastwards.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Gerridae

Genus

Metrocoris

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