Ranatra sp.

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

Ranatra sp.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Ranatra sp.; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Puerto Galera; locationRemarks: 305g; Event: eventDate: 22.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Ranatra sp.; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Baco; locationRemarks: 353e; Event: eventDate: 24.08.2017

Taxon discussion

This still unnamed new species (Fig. 4 A) of the Ranatra gracilis Dallas, 1850 group (see Dallas 1850, Lansbury 1972) will be described and discussed further in an upcoming paper by Tran and Zettel (in prep.).

Habitat

Specimens were found in both flowing and calm littoral sections of shallow streams, such as in Fig. 1 B. See Fig. 5 for current records.

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 4. Habitus illustrations of Nepomorpha of Mindoro A. Ranatra sp. (R. gracilis group); B. Ochterus polhemusi; C. Asthenocoris luzonensis paradisianus; D. Aphelocheirus (s. str) freitagi; E. Anisops kuroiwae; F. Anisops rhomboides; G. Enithares martini mindoroensis; H. Hydrotrephes stereoides mindoroensis. Scale bars A 10 mm B-H 1 mm. A & C © NHMW Hemiptera Image Collection / photo: H. Bruckner, printed with permission.

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