Guide To The Aquatic Heteroptera Of Singapore And Peninsular Malaysia. Ix. Infraorder Nepomorpha, Families Ochteridae And Gelastocoridae
Author
Polhemus, Dan A.
Author
Polhemus, John T.
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2012
2012-08-31
60
2
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5348151
2345-7600
5348151
Ochterus noualhieri
Baehr
(
Figs. 22
,
26–28
,
33
)
Ochterus noualhieri
Baehr, 1990a: 91
Material examined
.
—
INDONESIA
,
Sulawesi Utara Prov.
:
12 males
,
20 females
,
Celebes
,
Tondano River
tributary, S. of
Airmadidi
,
20 Sep.1985
, CL 2127, coll. D. A. & J.
T
.
Polhemus
(
JTPC
)
;
7 males
,
15 females
,
1 immature
,
Kab. Bolaang Mongondow
,
Kec. Modayag
, forest streamlet above
Lake Mooat
,
1100 m
.,
0°44'N
,
124°27'E
,
10 Sep.1985
, CL 2114, coll. D. A. & J.
T
.
Polhemus
(
JTPC
)
.
Figs. 26–28.
O
.
noualhieri
Baehr
, male, structural details, specimen from Indonesia, Celebes, CL 2127. 26, Male right paramere. 27, Superior appendage of right paramere. 28, Medial process of pygophore.
Figs. 29–34.
Ochterus
species
, colour photographs of head, anterior view, showing pattern of striations on frons. 29,
O
.
marginatus
(Latreille)
, female, specimen from Vietnam, Cao Bang Prov., CL 4368. 30,
O
.
thienemanni
Jaczewski
, female, specimen from Indonesia, Bali Prov., CL 2170. 31,
O
.
signatus
,
new species
, female, specimen from Vietnam, Lam Dong Prov., CL3085. 32,
O
.
pseudomarginatus
,
new species
, female, specimen from Malaysia, Perak, CL 2078. 33,
O
.
noualhieri
Baehr
, female, specimen from Indonesia, Sulawesi Utara Prov., CL 2114. 34,
O
.
singaporensis
,
new species
, male, specimen from Singapore, Bukit Timah.
apex deeply incised (
Figs. 26, 27
); male proctiger with medial process angulate (
Fig. 28
).
Distribution
.
— Originally described from
two specimens
taken on Gunung Gede, in western Java, and subsequently reported by Nieser & Chen (1999) from Sulawesi, and possibly Bali (the latter record based on a female specimen only). Because of this geographic proximity, and its broad distribution in the Malay Archipelago, this species may potentially be found in
Singapore
or
Malaysia
, and is included in the current regional treatment.
Discussion
.
— In his description of this species,
Baehr (1990a)
noted that
O
.
noualheieri
is similar to
O
.
thienemanni
, but differs in having the shaft of the male right paramere widened in the middle, and the appendages less assymmetrical and more tapered at their apices (compare
Figs. 23, 24
and
26, 27
). This species is also small in comparison to others in the region, with the body length of
4.20 mm
or less in both sexes, and the ground colour is more reddish brown (compare
Figs. 21 and 22
).