Anisops breddini 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 : 31

Anisops breddini Kirkaldy, 1901

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Anisops breddini Kirkaldy, 1901: 5 ; NIESER (2004: 85); CHEN et al. (2005: 421) ; NIESER et al. (2008: 254).

Material examined. VIETNAM: DONG NAI PROVINCE: Nam Cat Tien National Park, 1–16.vi.1994, leg. P. Pacholátko & L. Dembický, numerous JJ and ♀♀ ( NHMW). LAM DONG PROVINCE: Da Lat City, 21–27.iv.1994, leg. P. Pacholátko & L. Dembický, numerous JJ and ♀♀ ( NHMW). BRUNEI: TUTONG DISTRICT: Tasik Merimbun, 13.v.1993, leg. K. K. P. Lim & I. Das ( ZRC Y845), 8 JJ 3 ♀♀ ( ZRCS). Lukut, Sites 1A, 2B, 4B, 5B, “stagnant” stream, 27.i.2010, leg. D. J. W.Lane (1C, 1F, 1N), 4JJ 3♀♀ ( UBDB, NHMW). PHILIPPINES: CEBU: Cebu City, Talamban, wetland near Mandaue, viii.2005, leg. C. V. Pangantihon, G. Montejo & V. Salaris, 8 JJ 5 ♀♀ ( USCP, HZWA, NHMW). BOHOL: northern Bohol, southwest of Talibon, Zamora Dam, 25 m a.s.l., stream, 9.xi.2007, leg. H. Zettel (474a), 1 ♀ ( NHMW).

Distribution. Anisops breddini is widespread from Sri Lanka and India to New Guinea ( NIESER 2004, CHEN et al. 2005) and very common on the Malay Peninsula and in Thailand ( NIESER 2004, NIESER et al. 2008). Specimens from Brunei represent the first record from Borneo. Specimens from the Philippines are the first specified records from that country. In the checklist by CHEN et al. (2005) ‘PH’ (for ‘remaining Philippine Islands’ excluding the biogeographical regions of Greater Luzon, Greater Mindanao, and Greater Palawan) refers to some of the Cebu specimens mentioned above which were identified by Nico Nieser, Tiel. Listed are first records from Cebu and Bohol.

Figures

Figs. 1–7. Anisopinae. 1–4 – Habitus, dorsal aspect: 1 – Anisops breddini Kirkaldy, 1901, male; 2 – A. kuroiwae Matsumura, 1915, male; 3 – A. nasutus Fieber, 1851, male; 4 – A. occipitalis Breddin, 1905, male. 5–7 – Anisops occipitalis Breddin, 1905, male, head and pronotum, in dorsal (5), lateral (6) and frontal view (7). © NHMW Hemiptera Image Collection.