Ochterus magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977

Pelingen, Arthien Lovell, Zettel, Herbert, Pangantihon, Clister V, Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique, Fatallo, Earl Kevin, de Leon, Jemillie Madonna & Freitag, Hendrik, 2020, Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera), Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 56883-56883 : 56883

Ochterus magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 3 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Ochterusmagnus; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TIRj; Event: eventDate: 05.07.2017

Distribution

This is the first record of O. magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977 (see Gapud and San Valentin 1977) from Mindoro (Fig. 5 ). The species is Philippine-endemic, previously only known from Luzon - Mt. Makiling, Laguna; Humayao Creek, Cavite; Quezon; and in La Union ( Gapud 2002).

Taxon discussion

Refer to Gapud (1986) for identification.

Habitat

The specimens were found on wet rocks.

Figures

Figure 5. Distribution of the collecting sites of Nepomorpha material treated in this study.