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 intha
Paiva
Enithares intha
Paiva 1918: 27
Material
examined
.
BURMA
,
Mandalay
Division
:
1 male
, spring outflows at
Nyaungkhangyi
,
7 km
. N. of
Maymyo
,
1065 m
.,
22°05′22′′N
,
96°27′24′′E
, water temp. 22° C.,
20 October 1998
, CL 4013, D.
A
. &
J. T. Polhemus
(
USNM
)
.
Discussion
.
Enithares intha
appears to have a relatively circumscribed range, being known to occur only in
Burma
and the hill country of adjacent northeastern
India
(
Zettel
et al
. 2012
).
Lansbury (1974)
redescribed the ho- lotype series, consisting of two males, and
Zettel
et al
. (2012)
provided a description of the female. The specimen listed above adds another record of this species from northeastern
Burma
.
Ecological notes
. The Nyaungkhangyi Stream locality consisted of a set of springs and outflow streamlets lying at the headwaters of the Gelaung River. This locality was reached by hiking upstream from Nyaungkhangyi village along a rough rural road, which eventually degenerated into a set of narrow trails and cart tracks leading to a small reservoir. Above this reservoir lay two streams, heavily crowded along their banks by second-growth forest. The specimen of
E. intha
was taken from a set of deep and very clear spring-fed pools along the smaller branch. Other aquatic Heteroptera species occurring here included
Ranatra schuhi
D. Polhemus & J. Polhemus
,
Ranatra lansburyi
Chen, Nieser & Ho
,
Metrocoris nigrofascioides
Chen & Nieser
, and
Hydrometra longicapitis
Bueno.