Ochterus polhemusi Gapud, 1981

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 polhemusi Gapud, 1981

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Ochteruspolhemusi; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HBT(E); Event: eventDate: 21.09.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 3 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Ochteruspolhemusi; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HQCk; Event: eventDate: 21.09.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Ochteruspolhemusi; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HQC(E); Event: eventDate: 28.09.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 4 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Ochteruspolhemusi; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TWCj; Event: eventDate: 23.09.2017

Distribution

This species (Fig. 4 B) is widely distributed in the Philippines. See Fig. 5 for our additional records.

Taxon discussion

Refer to Gapud (1981) for identification. In Mindoro, three species of Ochterus Latreille, 1807 are recorded so far, O. marginatus (Latreille, 1804) ssp. insularis Rieger, 1977, O. polhemusi Gapud, 1981 and O. philippinensis Kormilev, 1971 ( Kormilev 1971, Gapud 1995, Gapud 2002).

Habitat

We collected specimens in emergence traps spanned over littoral portions of small streams, on hygropetric rocks and along small rivulets. The species is generally found in banks of streams, ponds, lakes, freshwater marshlands and in association with waterfalls. It is also found in substrates that are muddy or sandy.

Figures

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.