Amemboides perlatus ( Polhemus & Andersen, 1984 )

Ye, Zhen, Polhemus, Dan A. & Bu, Wenjun, 2017, Review of the genus Amemboides Polhemus & Andersen, 1984 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4286 (3), pp. 401-410 : 402

Amemboides perlatus ( Polhemus & Andersen, 1984)

( FigS. 1 , 6 , 11 , 16, 21 , 26, 31 , 36, 37, 46, 55)

Amemboa (Amemboides) perlata Polhemus & Andersen, 1984: 100 .

Amemboides perlatus ( Polhemus & Andersen, 1984) ; Tran & Polhemus 2009: 51.

Material examined. CHINA, Guangdong Prov.: 2 apterouS maleS, 1 apterouS female, Zhaoqing city, DinghuShan Nature ReServe (23°09'N, 112°31'E), Laoding , 23 VIII 2011, coll. Zhen Ye ( NKUM).

Remarks. A. perlatus waS reported in India, Thailand ( PolhemuS & AnderSen 1984), LaoS and Vietnam ( Zettel et al. 2007, Zettel 1998, Tran & PolhemuS 2009). PreSented here iS the firSt record of A. perlatus from China. Amemboides perlatus can be eaSily diStinguiShed from congenerS occurring in China by the diStinctive Shape of the male paramereS (Fig. 37), the relatively Small Size of abdominal Segment VIII and the pygophore ( FigS. 16, 21 , 26, 31 ), and the diStinctly Short proceSS on each Side of the proctiger (Fig. 36). ThiS SpecieS iS widely diStributed in the Oriental region ( China, India, LaoS, Thailand and Vietnam) .

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FIGURES 1 – 5. Habitus of Amemboides spp. (males). 1. A. perlatus (Polhemus & Andersen); 2. A. pilifer (Zettel, Yang & Tran); 3. A. vasarhelyii (Zettel); 4. A. yunnanus (Zettel, Yang & Tran); 5. A. fasciculatus sp. nov. (holotype). Scale = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 6 – 10. Habitus of Amemboides spp. (females). 6. A. perlatus (Polhemus & Andersen); 7. A. pilifer (Zettel, Yang & Tran); 8. A. vasarhelyii (Zettel); 9. A. yunnanus (Zettel, Yang & Tran); 10. A. fasciculatus sp. nov. (paratype). Scale = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 11 – 15. Bodies of apterous morph of Amemboides spp. in dorsal view (males). 11. A. perlatus (Polhemus & Andersen); 12. A. pilifer (Zettel, Yang & Tran); 13. A. vasarhelyii (Zettel); 14. A. yunnanus (Zettel, Yang & Tran); 15. A. fasciculatus sp. nov. (holotype). Scale = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 16 – 25. Abdominal segment VIII in ventral and lateral views of Amemboides spp .. 16, 21. A. perlatus (Polhemus & Andersen); 17, 22. A. pilifer (Zettel, Yang & Tran); 18, 23. A. vasarhelyii (Zettel); 19, 24. A. yunnanus (Zettel, Yang & Tran); 20, 25. A. fasciculatus sp. nov. Scale = 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 26 – 35. Pygophore in dorsal and ventral views of Amemboides spp .. 26, 31. A. perlatus (Polhemus & Andersen); 27, 32. A. pilifer (Zettel, Yang & Tran); 28, 33. A. vasarhelyii (Zettel); 29, 34. A. yunnanus (Zettel, Yang & Tran); 30, 35. A. fasciculatus sp. nov. Scale = 0.2 mm.