Nine new species of Enithares (Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from New Guinea, with distributional notes on other species and an updated world checklist
Author
Polhemus, Dan A.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-05-07
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.5
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Enithares lombokensis
Lansbury
Enithares lombokensis
Lansbury 1968: 416
Material examined
.
INDONESIA
,
Nusa Tenggara Timur Prov.
:
2 males
,
3 female
,
Flores
,
Lake Rene Mese
,
21.5 km
.
SE of Ruteng on Mborong
road,
1225 m
. [
8°38′26′′S
,
120°33′38′′E
],
25 October 1985
, CL 2183, D.
A
.
Polhemus
&
J. T. Polhemus
(
USNM
,
BPBM
)
;
4 males
,
7 females
,
Flores
,
Wai Garit River
,
6 km
. W. of
Ruteng
,
960 m
. [
8°35′19′′S
,
120°26′03′′E
],
24 and 26 October 1985
, CL 2179, D.
A
.
Polhemus
&
J. T. Polhemus
(
USNM
)
.
3 females
,
Flores
, small stream with pools and shallow rocky riffles,
19 km
.
SE of Ruteng on Mborong
road,
1500 m
. [vic.
8°37′18′′S
,
120°33′43′′E
],
25 October 1985
, CL 2182, D.
A
.
Polhemus
&
J. T. Polhemus
(
USNM
)
.
2 males
,
1 female
,
Sumba
, spring and stream below
Waikabubak rd.
,
10 km
. S. of
Waingapu
,
180 m
. [
9°41′03′′S
,
120°12′17′′E
], water temp. 28° C.,
13 September 1991
, CL 2597, D.
A
.
Polhemus
&
J. T. Polhemus
(
BPBM
)
.
Discussion
. This species can be recognized by the distinctive tubercle on the male hind femur and the characteristically shaped metaxiphus, which is broad and parallel-sided with an angular apex, and was originally described from a single male specimen taken on the island of Lombok, lying immediately east of
Bali
(
Lansbury 1968
). Our new records from
Flores
and Sumba extend the distribution further to the east, and indicate that the species will also eventually be found to occur on the intervening island of Sumbawa.