A new species of Tenagogonus Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) and first records of eight species of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera from India
Author
Jehamalar, E. Eyarin
Author
Chandra, Kailash
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-01-03
4718
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95
107
journal article
24437
10.11646/zootaxa.4718.1.8
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1175-5326
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Tenagogonus kuiterti
Hungerford & Matsuda, 1958
(
Figs.
1I
,
3
J–L)
1958.
Tenagogonus kuiterti
Hungerford & Matsuda
:
The University of
Kansas
Science Bulletin,
39, 395.
Material examined.
INDIA
,
MEGHALAYA
,
East Jaintia Hills District
,
4 apt.
♂
, 12 apt.
♀
, 4
Nymphs
,
Daidung Village
,
Pool
,
1079 m
a.s.l.
,
25.33547°
N
,
92.61981°
E
,
12.iii.2016
,
Coll. E.E. Jehamalar.
Ri-Bhoi District
,
1 apt.
♀
,
Nongkyllem
RF
,
Uming Stream
,
539 m
a.s.l.
,
25.83795°
N
,
91.76129°
E
,
27.iii.2018
, Coll. E.E. Jehamalar. Reg. No. 9371/H15 to 9372/H15.
Diagnosis.
Body length of the apterous male 6.24–6.88 (n=5), apterous female 6.63–7.15 (n=5), body width at mesoacetabulum, apterous male 2.08–2.19 (n=5), apterous female 2.16–2.31 (n=5); sternum VIII of the male simple; the last connexival segment of the male apically acute, but without a connexival process; the posterolateral angles of abdominal segment VIII of the male extends well away from the lateral margins; the female has a very small, triangular connexival process (
Figs. 3K, L
); the males are slightly smaller than the females; the dorsum of the thorax has indistinct stripes; sternum VII of the female is posteromedially convex; sternum VII posterolaterally has a small window like area.
Distribution.
India
(
Meghalaya
,
Fig. 4C
),
Myanmar
(
Hungerford & Matsuda 1958
).