Mesovelia vittigera Horvath , 1895

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

Mesovelia vittigera Horvath, 1895

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Mesoveliavittigera; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Puerto Galera; locationRemarks: 305a; Event: eventDate: 24.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Mesoveliavittigera; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HR2; Event: eventDate: 03.07.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 4 males (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Mesoveliavittigera; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TDR1b; Event: eventDate: 05.07.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 4 males (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Mesoveliavittigera; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: THFj; Event: eventDate: 07.07.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 11 female (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Mesoveliavittigera; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TR1b; Event: eventDate: 13.07.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Mesoveliavittigera; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TR2j; Event: eventDate: 23.09.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2 males (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Mesoveliavittigera; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TWCb; Event: eventDate: 06.07.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2 males (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Mesoveliavittigera; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TWCj; Event: eventDate: 23.09.2017

Distribution

The species (Fig. 6 B) is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World, including the Philippines ( Zettel 2014). See Fig. 7 for additional records.

Taxon discussion

For identification, refer to the key by Yang and Murphy (2011). All specimens examined were apterous.

Habitat

Mesovelia species are commonly found amongst marginal vegetation in standing waters of ponds and streams. Mesovelia vittigera Horváth, 1895 (see Horváth 1895) can also be found in brackish-water habitats ( Yang and Murphy 2011). We found several specimens on shaded, wet rocks and at the stream littoral with mineral substrates (Fig. 1 B).

Figures

Figure 1. Sampling sites at northern Mindoro (Baco, Puerto Galera). A. the first author sampling at site 396; B. Tagbinai Malaki River (305); C. Tukunan River at " Hidden Paradise " (303); D. lower Dulangan River (356).

Figure 6. Selected habitus illustrations of Gerromorpha of Mindoro A. Hebrus sp.; B. Mesovelia vittigera; C. Hydrometra mindoroensis; D. Microvelia douglasi; E. Pseudovelia cf. curvata; F. Strongylovelia mindoroensis; G. Rhagovelia mindoroensis; H. Rhagovelia raddai. Scale bars 1 mm.

Figure 7. Distribution of the collecting sites of Gerromorpha material (part 1) treated in this study.