Key to the species of Eotrechinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Thailand and review of the fauna of the Phetchabun Mountain Range
Author
Nakthong, La-Au
Author
Vitheepradit, Akekawat
Author
Sites, Robert W.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3860
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47
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3860.1.2
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1175-5326
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Amemboa
(
Amemboa
)
javanica
Lundblad
Figs. 14
,
28
Amemboa
(
Amemboa
)
javanica
Lundblad 1933
: Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 405.
Diagnosis.
Males of
A
.
javanica
have the pygophore with a truncate tip (
Fig. 28
). Further, the male profemur of
A
.
javanica
can be distinguished from those of consubgeners known from the Phetchabun Mountain Range by having only a single hair patch (
Fig. 14
), whereas males of the other species have either two or three distinct hair patches.
FIGURES 22–35.
Terminal abdominal segments of male
Amemboa
. (22)
A. aquafrigida
, (23)
A. armata
,
(24)
A. brevifasciata
, (25)
A. cristata
,
(26)
A. heissi
, (27)
A. incurvata
, (28)
A. javanica
, (29)
A. laotica
, (30)
A. prostata
, (31)
A. riparia
, (32)
A. schwendingeri
, (33)
A. speciosa
, (34)
A. perlata
,
(35)
A. velaris
.
Discussion.
Amemboa javanica
has been recorded from
Indonesia
,
Laos
,
Malaysia
,
Thailand
, and
Vietnam
(
Polhemus & Andersen 1984
;
Zettel & Chen 1996
,
1997
;
Cheng et al. 2001
; Zettel et al. 2007). In
Thailand
, this species has been collected from Chiang Mai, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi, Phrae, Prachin Buri, and Saraburi provinces (
Polhemus & Andersen 1984
;
Vitheepradit 2000
). In the Phetchabun Mountain Range, this species was collected from the margins of streams and rock pools.
Material examined.
THAILAND
:
Loei Province
: Phu Kradung NP, Nam Pong,
16°48'N
101°41'E
,
251 m
,
4- V-2004
, A. Vitheepradit, L-661 (1 winged male, 1 winged female); Plan Ba Waterfall,
17°28'N
101°22'E
,
648 m
,
10-V-2004
, A. Vitheepradit and T. Prommi, L-675 (1 winged male); same locality,
6-IIII-2011
, KU team, C-43 (1 winged male, 5 wingless males, 4 wingless females); Amphur Phu Rua, Lam Nam San,
17°25'N
101°16'E
,
620 m
,
6-IIII-2011
, KU team, C-42 (2 winged males, 21 winged females, 3 wingless females);
Phitsanulok Province
: Thung Salaeng Luang NP, Huai Tub Dah Mi,
16°50'N
101°51'E
,
397 m
,
13-V-2004
, A. Vitheepradit and T. Prommi, L-683 (6 winged males, 3 winged females, 3 wingless females).