Amemboa cristata J. Polhemus & Andersen, 1984

Leng, Zhaoqi, Zhang, Beichen, Jin, Zezhong & Ye, Zhen, 2024, Taxonomic review of Amemboa Esaki, 1925 from China, with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerridae), ZooKeys 1210, pp. 1-28 : 1-28

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scientific name	Amemboa cristata J. Polhemus & Andersen, 1984
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Amemboa cristata J. Polhemus & Andersen, 1984 View in CoL

Figs 2 E View Figure 2 , 3 D View Figure 3 , 6 E View Figure 6 , 7 D View Figure 7 , 8 D View Figure 8 , 9 D View Figure 9 , 10 D View Figure 10 , 11 D View Figure 11 , 12 E View Figure 12 , 18 View Figure 18

Material examined.

3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ (apterous), Thailand, Mae Hong Son Province, Pai, Thung Yao, Pam Bok Waterfall ; 19 ° 19 ' 14.5 " N, 98 ° 24 ' 18.6 " E; 549 m a. s. l.; 26 Aug. 2018; Zhen Ye and Juan-juan Yuan leg. ( NKUM) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Color pattern as shown in Figs 2 E View Figure 2 , 3 D View Figure 3 , 12 E View Figure 12 . Males: profemur moderately incrassate (Fig. 6 E View Figure 6 ); ventral side of the profemur with one elongate crest of dark setae on apical 1 / 2 and an additional elongate crest of dark setae on basal 1 / 2 (Fig. 6 E View Figure 6 ); protibia slightly curved and with a tumescence on basal 1 / 3 (Fig. 6 E View Figure 6 ); abdominal segment VIII relatively long (Fig. 7 D View Figure 7 ); pygophore posteriorly with a bifid median process and a pair of strongly produced lateral processes in ventral view (Figs 8 D View Figure 8 , 9 D View Figure 9 ); median process of pygophore relatively narrow in lateral view (Figs 10 D View Figure 10 , 11 D View Figure 11 ); lateral arm of proctiger relatively curved and slender in ventral view (Fig. 8 D View Figure 8 ), without subapical process in lateral view (Fig. 10 D View Figure 10 )

Comparative notes.

Amemboa cristata is most similar to A. incurvata ; see comparative notes in Polhemus and Andersen (1984)

Distribution.

China: Yunnan ( Zettel et al. 2007). Thailand; Vietnam; Peninsular Malaysia ( Polhemus and Andersen 1984; Zettel and Chen 1996).

Remarks.

Zettel et al. (2007) first reported the distribution of A. cristata in Xi-shuang-ban-na, Yunnan. In this study, all the examined specimens and those used in the Figures are from Thailand.