Guide To The Aquatic Heteroptera Of Singapore And Peninsular Malaysia. Xi. Infraorder Nepomorpha- Families Naucoridae And Aphelocheiridae
Author
Polhemus, Dan A.
Author
Polhemus, John T.
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2013
2013-08-30
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5352700
2345-7600
5352700
Naucoris sigaloeis
La Rivers, 1974
(
Figs. 1–4
,
13
)
Naucoris sigaloeis
La Rivers, 1974: 4
Extralimital material examined
.
—
THAILAND
,
Nakhon Sawan Prov.
:
2 males
,
1 female
,
Bung Borapet
,
Sep.1971
, coll. J. K (
paratypes
,
JTPC
)
.
Nakhon Ratchasima Prov.
:
5 male
,
5 females
,
Sakaerat Exp. Station
,
60 km
S. of
Nakhon Ratchasima
,
300–600 m
,
14°30'N
,
101°55'E
,
2–4 Mar.1971
, coll.
P. & P. Spangler
(
USNM
)
.
Khon Kaen Prov.
:
1 female
,
Ubolratana Dam
,
20 km
W. of
Mae Nam Pong
,
16°46'30"N
,
102°36'30"E
,
10 Mar.1971
, coll.
P. & P. Spangler
(
USNM
)
.
Prov.
uncertain
:
1 male
, NE
Thailand
,
10 Jan.1953
, FN 537, coll.
M. E. Griffith
(
JTPC
)
.
VIETNAM
,
Dông Nai Prov.
:
4 males
,
3 females
,
Nam Cát Tiên National Park
,
Crocodile Lake
, ~
100 m
,
11°27'25"N
,
107°20'58"E
,
5 May 1998
, CL 3071, coll. J.
T
.
Polhemus
(
JTPC
)
.
Diagnosis
.
— Length 7.0–
8.2 mm
, maximum width (across abdomen)
4.2–4.5 mm
(
Fig. 1
). Head and pronotum shiny, yellowish brown with numerous scattered, small, medium brown spots, these spots aggregated in posteriomedial section of pronotum to form larger medium brown maculations to either side of longitudinal midline, anterior pronotal margin with a small brown spots medially, lateral margins of pronotum not explanate, lacking darker markings; scutellum and hemelytra yellowish brown, heavily flecked with medium brown with basal half of embolium broadly dark yellow, wing membrane attenuated, dark brown; abdominal laterotergites dark yellow on anterior two-thirds, dark brown on posterior one-third, creating a striped appearance. Male genitalia with left paramere stout, apex blunt (
Fig. 2
), right paramere slender, twisted, apex rounded, phallotheca as in
Fig. 4
; female subgenital plate elongate, roughly trapezoidal, apex truncate (
Fig. 13
).
Distribution
.
— Originally described from Bung Borapet,
Thailand
, and newly recorded from
Vietnam
herein.
Discussion
.
— This species may recognised by its relatively large size for the genus, shiny head and pronotum, absence of explanate lateral margins on the pronotum (
Fig. 1
), the reduced wing membrane of the hemelytra, the shape of the female subgenital plate (
Fig. 13
), and the distinctive male genitalic structures (
Figs. 2–4
). This shiny, chestnut brown species is known from
Thailand
and
Vietnam
, and may also possibly occur in the extreme northern portion of Peninsular
Malaysia
. It has been collected from both lotic and lentic habitats, including slow stream pools and shallow, standing waters along the margins of lakes, including the Crocodile Lake in southern
Vietnam
and Bung Borapet in
Thailand
.