Trephotomasinae Papá

Zettel, Herbert, ek, Miroslav Papá & Kovac, Damir, 2011, Guide To The Aquatic Heteroptera Of Singapore And Peninsular Malaysia: Vii. Family Helotrephidae, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59 (2), pp. 171-179 : 177

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10107176

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scientific name

Trephotomasinae Papá
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Subfamily Trephotomasinae Papá View in CoL ek, Štys & Tonner, 1988

At present, the subfamily Trephotomasinae is unknown from the study area. It is here included because the genus Platytrephes Zettel, 2005 (five described species) is widely distributed from southern China to Borneo ( Zettel, 2005), and possibly some species may be found in West Malaysia in the future. Two further monotypic genera are known in the subfamily, but their presence in the study area is unlikely: Trephotomas compactus Papá ek, Štys & Tonner, 1988 has been recorded from southern China, northern Vietnam, northern and central Thailand; and Papacekia microphthalma Zettel, 2005 from Borneo. Trephotomasinae possesses two unique characters, the pseudendocorium ( Fig. 12 View Figs ) and the tarsal formula 2–2–3. The genus Platytrephes can easily be recognized by its weakly convex and broad habitus ( Fig. 2 View Figs ) and wide, flattened medial areas on the metasternum and sternite 2. As far as their habitats are known, Trephotomasinae is benthic on gravelly bottoms of clean streams.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Helotrephidae

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