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First Record of Anisops tahitiensis Lundblad (Hemiptera: Nepomorpha: Notonectidae) from Mainland India


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1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
2 Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, India
 

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The Notonectidae is one of the largest families of the Nepomorpha with eleven genera and 400 described species (Henry, 2009), represented well in both temperate and tropical areas of the World (Nieser, 2004). The genus Anisops Spinola, 1837 is characterized by hair-lined pit on the hemelytral commissure, one segmented fore tarsi on both the sexes and the presence of rostral prong as well as stridulatory comb on fore tibia of males. They are adapted to swim with their back, thus bearing the common name back swimmers and some species are generally attracted to light. Thirumalai (2007) recorded 19 species of Anisops from India, subsequently Jehamalar and Chandra (2013) added one more species to the Indian fauna by recording Anisops occipitalis from Great Nicobar Island.
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  • First Record of Anisops tahitiensis Lundblad (Hemiptera: Nepomorpha: Notonectidae) from Mainland India

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Authors

E. Eyarin Jehamalar
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
Durba Bhattacharya
Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, India
Paulami Maiti
Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, India

Abstract


The Notonectidae is one of the largest families of the Nepomorpha with eleven genera and 400 described species (Henry, 2009), represented well in both temperate and tropical areas of the World (Nieser, 2004). The genus Anisops Spinola, 1837 is characterized by hair-lined pit on the hemelytral commissure, one segmented fore tarsi on both the sexes and the presence of rostral prong as well as stridulatory comb on fore tibia of males. They are adapted to swim with their back, thus bearing the common name back swimmers and some species are generally attracted to light. Thirumalai (2007) recorded 19 species of Anisops from India, subsequently Jehamalar and Chandra (2013) added one more species to the Indian fauna by recording Anisops occipitalis from Great Nicobar Island.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v114i3.168586