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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFF14FA86BD72FAC8" bold="true" box="[151,558,1303,1329]" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFF14FA86BE22FAC8" bold="true" box="[151,382,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Metrocoris compar</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAAA592FFB6083CFE0EFA86BD7AFAC8" author="White, F. B." box="[397,550,1303,1329]" pageId="1" pageNumber="342" pagination="1 - 82" refId="ref12000" refString="White, F. B. (1883) Report on the pelagic Hemiptera procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873 - 1876, 7 (19), 1 - 82." type="journal article" year="1883">White, 1883</bibRefCitation>
)
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(
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)
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1883.
<taxonomicName id="4C3BA3E0FFB6083CFF54FA11BC49FA61" authority="White, Voy. Challenger Rept. Zool." box="[215,789,1408,1432]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Halobatodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="342" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="compar">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFF54FA11BEF7FA6E" box="[215,427,1408,1432]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Halobatodes compar</emphasis>
White,
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFE7FFA11BC49FA61" box="[508,789,1408,1432]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Voy. Challenger Rept. Zool.</emphasis>
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, 7: 68.
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1893.
<taxonomicName id="4C3BA3E0FFB6083CFF54FA0EBEB3FA4F" authority="(White)" baseAuthorityName="White" baseAuthorityYear="1883" box="[215,495,1438,1462]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="342" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="compar">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFF54FA0EBEC5FA4F" box="[215,409,1439,1462]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Metrocoris compar</emphasis>
(White)
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: Dahl,
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFDC2FA0FBC48FA4F" box="[577,788,1438,1462]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Ergebn. Plankt. Exp.</emphasis>
, 2: 8.
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1993.
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFF54FA2FBEC5FA2C" box="[215,409,1470,1493]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Metrocoris compar</emphasis>
(White)
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: Chen &amp; Nieser,
<taxonomicName id="4C3BA3E0FFB6083CFD25FA2CBC79FA2D" box="[678,805,1469,1492]" class="Hydrozoa" family="Corymorphidae" genus="Steenstrupia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anthoathecata" pageId="1" pageNumber="342" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFD25FA2CBC79FA2D" box="[678,805,1469,1492]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Steenstrupia</emphasis>
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, 19 (2): 65 (in part).
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2016.
<taxonomicName id="4C3BA3E0FFB6083CFF54FA4DBC02FA0A" authority="Basu, Polhemus &amp; Subramanian, Zootaxa" authorityName="Basu, Polhemus &amp; Subramanian, Zootaxa" authorityYear="2016" box="[215,862,1500,1524]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="342" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dinendrai">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFF54FA4DBEF3FA0D" box="[215,431,1500,1524]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Metrocoris dinendrai</emphasis>
Basu, Polhemus &amp; Subramanian,
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFC88FA4DBC02FA0A" box="[779,862,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Zootaxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 4178 (2): 265.
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFB81FA4ABB3FFA0D" bold="true" box="[1026,1123,1499,1524]" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Syn. nov.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFF14F9B0BEDFF9C2" bold="true" box="[151,387,1569,1595]" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B53D23EFFB6083CFE0FF9B0BDFEF999" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3420009308" collectorName="Bhotag Khadka Tempola" country="India" elevation="1952" location="Neora Valley National Park" municipality="Kalimpong District" pageId="1" pageNumber="342" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="West Bengal">
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,
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,
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<collectingMunicipality id="6BE04219FFB6083CFD45F9B0BCEDF9C2" box="[710,945,1569,1595]" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Kalimpong District</collectingMunicipality>
,
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1 apt.
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, 1 apt.
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,
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,
<collectorName id="26CEBDB5FFB6083CFF5FF9D7BEA0F999" box="[220,508,1606,1632]" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Bhotag Khadka Tempola</collectorName>
,
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a.s.l.
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,
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27.29306°
<collectingRegion id="49FF1681FFB6083CFCB3F9D7BC1BF999" box="[816,839,1606,1632]" country="India" name="N" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">N</collectingRegion>
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,
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88.84556°
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,
<date id="FF85FEA3FFB6083CFC75F9D7BB34F999" box="[1014,1128,1606,1632]" pageId="1" pageNumber="342" value="2019-10-24">24.x.2019</date>
, Coll. S. Sheela. Reg. No. 11558/H15.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFF44F91CBE1EF95E" bold="true" box="[199,322,1677,1703]" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C3BA3E0FFB6083CFECBF91EBD43F951" baseAuthorityName="White" baseAuthorityYear="1883" box="[328,543,1679,1704]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="342" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="compar">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFECBF91EBD43F951" box="[328,543,1679,1704]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Metrocoris compar</emphasis>
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can be identified by the pruinose abdominal terga IIIV of the female (
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); tergum II is hidden, except laterally and half of the tergum III is also hidden by tergum I medially in the female (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB6083CFAECF923BFE5F909" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
); the flexor region of the hind coxa of the female is posteriorly slightly produced with a fringe of medium-sized, curved setae (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB6083CFEB6F96BBEDFF8ED" box="[309,387,1786,1812]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Fig. 1I</figureCitation>
); the flexor region of the hind trochanter is fringed with long setae (0.34), length gradually decreasing from the base (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB6083CFE43F88FBD51F8C1" box="[448,525,1822,1848]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Fig. 1I</figureCitation>
); the proximal region of the lateral sclerite of the endosoma is curved upward in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB6083CFEA9F8D3BEDDF8A5" box="[298,385,1858,1884]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Fig. 1R</figureCitation>
); the male paramere has medium-sized setae (0.07) (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB6083CFC52F8D3BBFDF8A5" box="[977,1185,1858,1884]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Figs. 1M, N, O, Q</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFF44F8F4BD75F879" bold="true" box="[199,553,1893,1920]" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Redescription. Apterous male</emphasis>
: (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB6083CFDC3F8F7BC7FF879" box="[576,803,1894,1920]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Figs. 1A, CG, JR</figureCitation>
). Body length 5.76, body width at mesoacetabula 2.82.
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB6083CFF44F81BBE4AF85D" box="[199,278,1930,1956]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Colour</emphasis>
. Dorsum of body black with yellowish-brown marks; broad black mark on head slightly narrow anteriorly and broad posteriorly, posterosublaterally connected with black mark near eyes; median black mark on head not bifid posteriorly (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB6083CFE44F843BD7DF815" box="[455,545,2002,2028]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="342">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
); antennae and legs dark-brown to black; antennal tubercle black; base of first antennal segment yellowish-brown (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFDBBFF06BD98FF48" box="[568,708,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1A, C</figureCitation>
); rostrum dark-brown to black, except lateral region of first to third segments yellowish-brown; proacetabulum black (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFC92FF2ABC36FF2C" box="[785,874,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1C</figureCitation>
); pronotum with T-shaped black mark, sublateral mark broad curved downwards, extended laterally and connected to lateral mark of mesonotum (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFB6EFF4EBA1BFF00" box="[1261,1351,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1D</figureCitation>
); small area near anterolateral region of pronotum below eye yellowish-brown (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFC3EFE92BB49FEE4" box="[957,1045,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
); fore femur dorsally and ventrally with broad black stripe connected to apical black ring, extensor region dorsally yellowish-brown (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFA80FEB6BAD2FEB8" box="[1283,1422,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1A, C</figureCitation>
); mesonotal longitudinal medial and lateral dark marks connected to horizontal black marks anteriorly and posteriorly, mesonotal black marks broader than adjacent yellowish-brown marks (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFC55FEFEBB39FE70" box="[982,1125,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1A, D</figureCitation>
); sublateral black mark of mesonotum not connected posteriorly to black mark between meso- and metanota, sublateral black mark broad posteriorly (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFEA2FE26BEF7FE28" box="[289,427,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1A, D</figureCitation>
); mesopleural black mark not connected anteriorly and posteriorly with transverse black marks (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFF6EFE4ABE14FE0C" box="[237,328,475,501]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1D</figureCitation>
); mesopleural yellowish-brown mark extended up to sublateral region of mesosternum medially, apex extended anteriorly and posteriorly (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFDF7FE6EBD90FDE0" box="[628,716,511,537]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1C</figureCitation>
); yellowish-brown mark on metacetabulum uninterrupted (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFAECFE6EBFEEFDC4" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1J</figureCitation>
); area above base of metacetabular region with a small yellowish-brown mark (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFBD5FDB2BB85FDC4" box="[1110,1241,547,573]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1A, J</figureCitation>
); thoracic venter black, except mesosternal yellowish-brown mark on mediolateral region (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFC54FDD6BB72FD98" box="[983,1070,583,609]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1C</figureCitation>
); coxa and trochanter of all legs yellowish-brown, except flexor region of mid and hind trochanter black; mid femur dorsally with long thin brown stripe; dorsum of abdomen black, except connexival segments VI and VII, posteromedian region of tergum VII and lateral and posterior margins of tergum VIII yellowish-brown (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFCCEFD22BCC6FD34" box="[845,922,691,717]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1J</figureCitation>
); venter of abdomen black, except from apical region of sternum VI to apex of abdomen yellowish-brown, except sternum VII basomedially and lateral region of pygophore dark-brown to black (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFD8BFD6ABDD5FCEC" box="[520,649,763,789]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1C, F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B84D863FFB5083FFF44FC8EBED3FA64" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB5083FFF44FC8EBEB3FCC0" box="[199,495,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Structural characteristics.</emphasis>
Body clothed with small black adpressed irregularly arranged setae; eyes covering anterior 1/3 of propleura; sterna VVI clothed with long brown setae laterally; antenna without any characteristic setae; head laterally with two long black setae in front of eyes; eye width slightly less than posterior eye width. Pleural region of prothorax posteriorly with sparse long black setae; anteromedian region of mesosternum with some long setae, prominent in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFD10FC3EBDB2FC30" box="[659,750,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1D</figureCitation>
); fore femur slender, flexor region with two long setae and fringed with small and medium-sized setae up to shallow notch; mid femur shorter than hind femur; mesal region of mesoacetabulum with thin stripe of short adpressed silvery-white to golden-yellow setae (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFB3BFC66BA54FBE8" box="[1208,1288,1015,1041]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1J</figureCitation>
). Abdominal terga IVII and connexivum clothed with short silvery-white to golden setae; sternum VII distinctly longer than combined length of sterna V and VI; posterior margin of sternum VII concave (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFB91FBAEBB3BFBA0" box="[1042,1127,1087,1113]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1F</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB5083FFBFFFBAFBA55FBA1" bold="true" box="[1148,1289,1086,1112]" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Terminalia:</emphasis>
Tergum VIII large, distinctly wider than long, posterior margin straight with some medium-sized black setae; lateral margin of sternum VIII parallel-sided; sternum VIII distinctly longer than sternum VII; posterior region of proctiger visible from above (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFEAFFB3ABEDFFB3C" box="[300,387,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1E</figureCitation>
), proctiger elongate, widened before mediolaterally (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFC65FB3ABB62FB3C" box="[998,1086,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1L</figureCitation>
); pygophore posteriorly round with fringe of long setae laterally (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFDACFB5EBDDAFB10" box="[559,646,1231,1257]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1P</figureCitation>
); paramere falciform clothed with medium-sized setae, except base, apical part modified (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFE05FB62BD73FAF4" box="[390,559,1267,1293]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1MO, Q</figureCitation>
), visible from outside of genital segments (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFB9BFB62BBA9FAF4" box="[1048,1269,1267,1293]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1A, D, E, G, J</figureCitation>
). Endosoma in lateral aspect: proximal region of dorsal sclerite with reflex angled process; median part of dorsal sclerite straight; accessory apical sclerite absent; accessory lateral sclerite thin surpassing level of proximal region of dorsal sclerite; lateral sclerite proximally bend upwards, tip slightly broad; ventral sclerite not surpassing level of lateral sclerite in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFEA9FA12BEDDFA64" box="[298,385,1411,1437]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1R</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="8B84D863FFB5083FFF44FA36BBA5F944" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB5083FFF44FA36BE22FA38" bold="true" box="[199,382,1447,1473]" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Measurements.</emphasis>
Head length 0.71, width 1.55; eye length 0.66, width 0.38, posterior eye width 0.39; synthlipsis 0.64; lengths of antennomeres IIV 2.18, 1.13, 1.05, 0.71. Pronotal length 0.63, width 1.59; combined length of meso- and metanota 2.19; mesosternal length 2.62; metasternal length 0.11. Lengths of leg segments: foreleg: femur 2.67, tibia 2.32, tarsomeres III 0.22, 0.84; mid leg: femur 7.12, tibia 5.31, tarsomeres III 2.34, 0.37; hind leg: femur 7.48, tibia 5.10, tarsomeres III 0.41, 0.49; widths of fore, mid, hind femora 0.37, 0.28, 0.19. Length of abdominal tergum 2.27; length of abdominal terga IVIII 0.25, 0.45, 0.22, 0.15, 0.16, 0.16, 0.23, 0.39; length of abdominal sternum 1.82; lengths of abdominal sterna IIVIII 0.12, 0.10, 0.07, 0.09, 0.10, 0.29, 0.41; pygophore length 0.59; combined length of abdominal sterna VVI 0.19; width of abdominal tergum VIII 0.76.
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<paragraph id="8B84D863FFB5083FFF44F957BBF4F918" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,1192,1734,1761]" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB5083FFF44F957BED7F919" bold="true" box="[199,395,1734,1760]" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Apterous female</emphasis>
: (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFE21F956BD62F918" box="[418,574,1735,1761]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1B, H, I</figureCitation>
). Body length 5.38, body width at mesoacetabula 2.94.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B84D863FFB5083FFF44F97ABCCAF8D0" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB5083FFF44F97ABE4AF8FC" box="[199,278,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Colour</emphasis>
. Similar to apterous male, except for the following characteristics: dorsum of abdomen black with terga IIIV pruinose (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFECFF89EBEFEF8D0" box="[332,418,1807,1833]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
); abdominal sterna VIVII brown (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFCB3F89EBCD5F8D0" box="[816,905,1807,1833]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Fig. 1H</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B84D863FFB50839FF44F8A2BB30FF2C" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,151,1581]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="345" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB5083FFF44F8A2BEB3F8B4" box="[199,495,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Structural characteristics.</emphasis>
Similar to apterous male, except for the following characteristics: flexor region of hind coxa posterolaterally very indistinctly protruded and with fringe of medium-sized setae (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFB51F8C6BA0DF888" box="[1234,1361,1879,1905]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1B, I</figureCitation>
); hind trochanter without any processes, flexor region of hind trochanter fringed with long setae, setal length gradually decreasing from base to apex; flexor region of hind femur basally without setal fringe; abdomen short, not surpassing apex of hind coxa (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB5083FFEFBF852BD46F824" box="[376,538,1987,2013]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="343">Figs. 1B, H, I</figureCitation>
); tergum II hidden by tergum I, except laterally and half of tergum III hidden by tergum I medially; connexivum folded posteriorly (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB30839FC86FF06BCDDFF48" box="[773,897,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Figs. 1B, I</figureCitation>
); genital segments completely concealed under sternum VII; sternum VII constricted laterally and folded backwards apically (
<figureCitation id="1300C4E6FFB30839FB86FF2ABB02FF2C" box="[1029,1118,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="3.[151,275,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,184,1792]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[218,1369,179,1797]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1. Metrocoris compar, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5792711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5792711/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Fig. 1H</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB4083EFF14F88FBE6EF8C1" bold="true" box="[151,306,1822,1848]" pageId="3" pageNumber="344">FIGURES 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB4083EFEB8F88EBD49F8C1" box="[315,533,1823,1848]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="344">Metrocoris compar</emphasis>
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, apterous form: A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, male, ventral view; D, male, lateral view; E, male, abdominal tip, dorsal view; F, male, abdominal tip, ventral view; G, male, abdomen, lateral view; H, female, abdomen, ventral view; I, female, abdominal tip and coxa and trochanter of hind leg, dorsal view; J, male, abdomen, dorsal view; K, male, genital capsule, lateral view; L, male, proctiger, dorsal view; MO, male, paramere tip, in different angles; P, male, pygophore, dorsal view; Q, male, paramere (tip broken), lateral view; R, male, endosoma, lateral view.
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FF44FF4EBE22FF00" bold="true" box="[199,382,223,249]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Measurements.</emphasis>
Head length 0.85, width 1.59; eye length 0.67, width 0.41, posterior eye width 0.38; synthlipsis 0.66; lengths of antennomeres IIV 2.47, 1.08, 1.15, 0.94. Pronotal length 0.59, width 1.62; combined length of meso- and metanota 2.61; mesosternal length 3.03; metasternal length 0.12. Lengths of leg segments: foreleg: femur 3.32, tibia 2.74, tarsomeres III 0.16, 0.89; mid leg: femur 8.55, tibia 6.50, tarsomeres III 3.06, 0.41; hind leg: femur 8.52, tibia 6.02, tarsomeres III 0.52, 0.56; widths of fore, mid, hind femora 0.40, 0.32, 0.21. Length of abdominal tergum 1.33; length of abdominal sternum 1.01; lengths of abdominal sterna IIVII 0.14, 0.11, 0.11, 0.10, 0.14, 0.42; combined length of abdominal sterna IIVI 0.60; combined length of abdominal sterna VVI 0.25.
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FF44FE4BBE3DFE0D" bold="true" box="[199,353,474,500]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Distribution.</emphasis>
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:
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,
<collectingRegion id="49FF1681FFB30839FD1DFE4ABC2DFE0C" box="[670,881,475,501]" country="India" name="Himachal Pradesh" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Himachal Pradesh</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49FF1681FFB30839FCFCFE4ABC8FFE0C" box="[895,979,475,501]" country="India" name="Sikkim" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Sikkim</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49FF1681FFB30839FC61FE4ABB33FE0C" box="[994,1135,475,501]" country="India" name="Uttarakhand" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Uttarakhand</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49FF1681FFB30839FBFEFE4ABA4EFE0C" box="[1149,1298,475,501]" country="India" name="West Bengal" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">West Bengal</collectingRegion>
.
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FA9CFE4ABAC0FE0C" box="[1311,1436,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Elsewhere:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F32C98F3FFB30839FF14FE6EBFB0FDE0" box="[151,236,511,537]" name="Bhutan" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B84D863FFB30839FF44FDB3BE58FD0B" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1581]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FF44FDB3BEEEFDC4" bold="true" box="[199,434,546,573]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FE39FDB2BDC8FDC5" box="[442,660,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Metrocoris compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is morphologically similar to
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FC6DFDB2BBE3FDC4" box="[1006,1215,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. darjeelingensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, by having a similar yellowish-brown mark on the mediolateral region of the mesosternum. However,
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FE88FDFABEDAFD7D" box="[267,390,619,644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the latter species by the spatulate apex of the paramere in lateral view (
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), which is bulbous in
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FE76FD1EBD9AFD50" box="[501,710,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. darjeelingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The setal fringe on the female hind trochanter of
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FA86FD1EBADEFD51" box="[1285,1410,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is pronounced basally (
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), whereas it is pronounced apically in
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FC49FD22BBC6FD34" box="[970,1178,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. darjeelingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see Fig. 60 of
<bibRefCitation id="EFAAA592FFB30839FACAFD22BFA4FD0B" author="Basu, S. &amp; Polhemus, D. A. &amp; Subramanian, K. A. &amp; Saha, G. K. &amp; Venkatesan, T." pageId="4" pageNumber="345" pagination="257 - 277" refId="ref11544" refString="Basu, S., Polhemus, D. A., Subramanian, K. A., Saha, G. K. &amp; Venkatesan, T. (2016) Metrocoris Mayr (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae) of India with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa, 4178 (2), 257 - 277. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4178.2.5" type="journal article" year="2016">
Basu
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FA0BFD22BFE8FD08" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">et al.</emphasis>
2016
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3218BE8FFB30839FF44FD6ABD70F9D4" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B84D863FFB30839FF44FD6ABD70F9D4" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1581]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FF44FD6ABE67FCEC" bold="true" box="[199,315,763,789]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAAA592FFB30839FEC5FD6ABD5BFCEC" author="den Boer, M. H." box="[326,519,762,789]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" pagination="1 - 38" refId="ref11754" refString="den Boer, M. H. (1965) Revisionary notes on the genus Metrocoris Mayr (Heteroptera, Gerridae), with descriptions of four new species. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 74, 1 - 38." type="journal article" year="1965">den Boer (1965)</bibRefCitation>
studied the
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of
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FCAFFD6ABCF0FCED" box="[812,940,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and designated a specimen figured by
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as the
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and the other specimens as
<typeStatus id="548066C1FFB30839FC3EFC8EBB03FCC0" box="[957,1119,799,825]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" type="paralectotype">paralectotypes</typeStatus>
and figured the endosomal structure. The endosomal sclerites (
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) of the male specimen of the present study from the Neora Valley National Park, Kalimpong District, West Bengal, the type locality of
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FC17FCF6BB79FC78" box="[916,1061,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. dinendrai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, completely matches the illustration given by
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(see Fig. 29).
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b) studied the
<typeStatus id="548066C1FFB30839FF40FC3EBE39FC30" box="[195,357,943,969]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" type="paralectotype">paralectotypes</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FE0DFC3EBD57FC31" box="[398,523,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and specimens from Sikkim, West Bengal, Uttarakhand,
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and
<collectingCountry id="F32C98F3FFB30839FAA9FC3EBAC5FC30" box="[1322,1433,943,969]" name="Myanmar" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
. The illustration of the endosomal sclerites of
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FD28FC42BC76FC15" box="[683,810,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
given by
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b) does not match the illustration given by
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.
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b) and
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Basu
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FC59FC66BB48FBE8" box="[986,1044,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">et al.</emphasis>
(2016)
</bibRefCitation>
overlooked the illustration of the endosoma of
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FEF8FB8ABEABFBCD" box="[379,503,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
given by
<bibRefCitation id="EFAAA592FFB30839FDE9FB8ABC78FBCC" author="den Boer, M. H." box="[618,804,1050,1077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" pagination="1 - 38" refId="ref11754" refString="den Boer, M. H. (1965) Revisionary notes on the genus Metrocoris Mayr (Heteroptera, Gerridae), with descriptions of four new species. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 74, 1 - 38." type="journal article" year="1965">den Boer (1965)</bibRefCitation>
that clearly shows there are some cryptic species of
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FAFDFB8ABFB1FBA1" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurring in the Himalayan region. Moreover, species such as
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FC3CFBAEBBCDFBA0" box="[959,1169,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. darjeelingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FB22FBAEBA54FBA1" box="[1185,1288,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. issaci</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FA93FBAEBA37FBA0" bold="true" box="[1296,1387,1087,1113]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27CB90AFFB30839FA93FBAEBA37FBA0" box="[1296,1387,1087,1113]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FF14FBF2BE52FB84" box="[151,270,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. josephi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FE96FBF2BE33FB84" bold="true" box="[277,367,1123,1149]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27CB90AFFB30839FE96FBF2BE33FB84" box="[277,367,1123,1149]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
exist in northeast
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and have a little morphological differences with
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FB22FBF2BA41FB85" box="[1185,1309,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Hence the characteristics of
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FEE3FB16BEA9FB58" box="[352,501,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. dinendrai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
completely match those of
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FCB7FB16BCEEFB59" box="[820,946,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
given in the revisionary work of
<bibRefCitation id="EFAAA592FFB30839FAB7FB16BFB9FB3C" author="den Boer, M. H." pageId="4" pageNumber="345" pagination="1 - 38" refId="ref11754" refString="den Boer, M. H. (1965) Revisionary notes on the genus Metrocoris Mayr (Heteroptera, Gerridae), with descriptions of four new species. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 74, 1 - 38." type="journal article" year="1965">den Boer (1965)</bibRefCitation>
; thus, we synonymize
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FE67FB3ABEA7FB3D" box="[484,507,1195,1220]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FD8AFB3ABD2AFB3C" box="[521,630,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">dinendrai</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAAA592FFB30839FDFEFB3ABB73FB3C" author="Basu, S. &amp; Polhemus, D. A. &amp; Subramanian, K. A. &amp; Saha, G. K. &amp; Venkatesan, T." box="[637,1071,1195,1221]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" pagination="257 - 277" refId="ref11544" refString="Basu, S., Polhemus, D. A., Subramanian, K. A., Saha, G. K. &amp; Venkatesan, T. (2016) Metrocoris Mayr (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae) of India with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa, 4178 (2), 257 - 277. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4178.2.5" type="journal article" year="2016">Basu, Polhemus &amp; Subramanian, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
under
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FBFEFB3ABBA1FB3D" box="[1149,1277,1195,1220]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">
<taxonomicName id="4C3BA3E0FFB30839FBFEFB3ABBA4FB3D" baseAuthorityName="White" baseAuthorityYear="1883" box="[1149,1272,1195,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="compar">M. compar</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The materials studied by
<bibRefCitation id="EFAAA592FFB30839FE95FB5EBD50FB13" author="Chen, P. P. &amp; Nieser, N." box="[278,524,1231,1258]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" pagination="1 - 43" refId="ref11660" refString="Chen, P. P. &amp; Nieser, N. (1993 a &amp; b) A taxonomic revision of the Oriental water strider genus Metrocoris Mayr (Hemiptera, Gerridae). Part I &amp; II. Steenstrupia, 19 (1 &amp; 2), 1 - 43 &amp; 45 - 82." type="journal article" year="1993">Chen &amp; Nieser (1993</bibRefCitation>
b) should be re-examined and new species described since the illustration of
<taxonomicName id="4C3BA3E0FFB30839FAFDFB5EBFB1FAF5" baseAuthorityName="White" baseAuthorityYear="1883" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="compar">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FAFDFB5EBFB1FAF5" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
given by
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b) is entirely different from that of
<bibRefCitation id="EFAAA592FFB30839FC7BFB62BBE4FAF4" author="den Boer, M. H." box="[1016,1208,1266,1293]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" pagination="1 - 38" refId="ref11754" refString="den Boer, M. H. (1965) Revisionary notes on the genus Metrocoris Mayr (Heteroptera, Gerridae), with descriptions of four new species. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 74, 1 - 38." type="journal article" year="1965">den Boer (1965)</bibRefCitation>
. The distribution of
<taxonomicName id="4C3BA3E0FFB30839FF14FA86BE49FAC9" baseAuthorityName="White" baseAuthorityYear="1883" box="[151,277,1303,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="compar">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FF14FA86BE49FAC9" box="[151,277,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
south of Brahmaputra River particularly in
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is doubtful because
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FBE9FA86BBB4FAC9" box="[1130,1256,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a Himalayan species distributed in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and
<collectingCountry id="F32C98F3FFB30839FB7BFAAABA11FAAC" box="[1272,1357,1339,1365]" name="Bhutan" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
. So the present study excluded its distribution from
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. The specimen studied by
<bibRefCitation id="EFAAA592FFB30839FB92FACEBB9AFA80" author="den Boer, M. H." box="[1041,1222,1374,1401]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" pagination="1 - 38" refId="ref11754" refString="den Boer, M. H. (1965) Revisionary notes on the genus Metrocoris Mayr (Heteroptera, Gerridae), with descriptions of four new species. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 74, 1 - 38." type="journal article" year="1965">den Boer (1965)</bibRefCitation>
from Mishmi Hills of Arunachal Pradesh located east to Brahmaputra River belongs to another species.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAAA592FFB30839FBD8FA12BA0CFA67" author="Chen, P. P. &amp; Nieser, N." box="[1115,1360,1411,1438]" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" pagination="1 - 43" refId="ref11660" refString="Chen, P. P. &amp; Nieser, N. (1993 a &amp; b) A taxonomic revision of the Oriental water strider genus Metrocoris Mayr (Hemiptera, Gerridae). Part I &amp; II. Steenstrupia, 19 (1 &amp; 2), 1 - 43 &amp; 45 - 82." type="journal article" year="1993">Chen &amp; Nieser (1993</bibRefCitation>
b) also mentioned that specimens of
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<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FE5DFA36BD05FA39" box="[478,601,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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have the hind femora longer than the mid femora and have a less darkened thoracic venter. Thus, it is evident that
<taxonomicName id="4C3BA3E0FFB30839FD77FA5ABC32FA1D" baseAuthorityName="White" baseAuthorityYear="1883" box="[756,878,1483,1508]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="compar">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FD77FA5ABC32FA1D" box="[756,878,1483,1508]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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is not conspecific with the species from
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. A thorough study of
<taxonomicName id="4C3BA3E0FFB30839FD82FA7EBD21F9F1" baseAuthorityName="White" baseAuthorityYear="1883" box="[513,637,1519,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="345" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="compar">
<emphasis id="B94F0471FFB30839FD82FA7EBD21F9F1" box="[513,637,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="345">M. compar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Himalayan region is needed since there would be possibilities of the occurrence of cryptic species.
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