Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Author Pelingen, Arthien Lovell Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4869-1918 Author Zettel, Herbert Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria Author Pangantihon, Clister V Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines Author Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines Author Fatallo, Earl Kevin Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines Author de Leon, Jemillie Madonna Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines Author Freitag, Hendrik Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1325-0979 hfreitag@ateneo.edu text Biodiversity Data Journal 2020 8 56883 56883 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e56883 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e56883 1314-2828-8-e56883 CC31F197C99F5AC8A918ED61E9EBDFAC Hydrometra mindoroensis Polhemus, 1976 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma) ; Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines ; municipality: Puerto Galera; locationRemarks: 305h; Event: eventDate: 24.06.2017 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap) ; Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines ; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HQCy; Event: eventDate: 30.06.2017 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 5 males (ap, ma) ; Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines ; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HQCb; Event: eventDate: 21.09.2017 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap) ; Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines ; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: THFj; Event: eventDate: 07.07.2017 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma) ; Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines ; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TR2j; Event: eventDate: 08.07.2017 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap) ; Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines ; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TWC2y; Event: eventDate: 25.06.2017 Distribution Hydrometra mindoroensis Polhemus, 1976 (in Polhemus and Reisen 1976 ) (Fig. 6 C) is a widespread species in the Philippines and neighbouring areas (Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea) ( Polhemus and Lansbury 1997 , Gapud et al. 2003 ). Taxon discussion For identification, refer to the key by Gapud et al. (2003) . Habitat This species can be found in both stagnant waters and edges of streams and rivers ( Gapud et al. 2003 ). We found the species in shaded hygropetric sites and at stream banks with mineral and organic substrates (Fig. 1 B).