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New Records of Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Mainland India


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Four species of the aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera such as Anisops occipitalis Breddin (1905), Hydrometra okinawana Drake (1951), Neoalardus typicus (Distant, 1903) and Limnometra ciliata Mayr (1865), of families Notonectidae, Hydrometridae, Veliidae and Gerridae respectively, are the first records from mainland India and were collected from different districts of Meghalaya. The recorded species are very rare and have been collected from a single locality.

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First Records, Gerridae, Hydrometridae, Meghalaya, Notonectidae, Taxonomy, Veliidae, Water Bugs.
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Authors

E. Eyarin Jehamalar
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India

Abstract


Four species of the aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera such as Anisops occipitalis Breddin (1905), Hydrometra okinawana Drake (1951), Neoalardus typicus (Distant, 1903) and Limnometra ciliata Mayr (1865), of families Notonectidae, Hydrometridae, Veliidae and Gerridae respectively, are the first records from mainland India and were collected from different districts of Meghalaya. The recorded species are very rare and have been collected from a single locality.

Keywords


First Records, Gerridae, Hydrometridae, Meghalaya, Notonectidae, Taxonomy, Veliidae, Water Bugs.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv120%2Fi2%2F2020%2F146065