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General colouration: mostly light brown to brown; eyes dark brown; anterior lobe of pronotum yellowish brown; all coxae brown; fore tibia, fore tarsus, middle and hind femora yellow and light brown; fore femur, middle and hind tibiae and tarsi annulated brown and yellow.
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Measurements: Males: body length 30.032.5 (
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Head (
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,
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): Vertex above eyes with a very high, acute tubercle, height of tubercle about same as width of eye in lateral view; width of eyes subequal to or slightly greater than interocular width; clypeus flat, higher than and surpassing lora; lora bearing long, pale setae along dorsal side, similar setae also on vertex. Antenna: second segment with long, finger-like projection; finger-like projection about two-thirds to three-quarters length of third segment.
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Thorax: Prothorax in lateral view distinctly longer than fore coxa (about 1.6× the length of fore coxa) and slightly longer than fore femur; anterior lobe about 2.52.8× as long as posterior lobe when measured along longitudinal midline; anterior margin of pronotum with a tubercle on each side of longitudinal midline, distinctly raised when viewed laterally; ratio of humeral width / anterior width (in both sexes) 1.21.3; posterior lobe with humeri broadly rounded (
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). Scutellum with length ca. 1.551.95× width, posterior section with narrowly rounded apex. Prosternum with low median carina on anterior part, anterior margin straight. Mesosternum with pair of low tubercles on anterolateral margin, posterior projection between middle coxae truncate, weakly grooved along midline. Metasternum with anterior part weakly grooved along midline, posterior part slightly raised medially and grooved laterally, posterior margin deeply emarginated (
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). Space between middle coxae narrower than that between hind coxae. Hemelytra uniformly textured, mostly brown, with membrane only reaching mid-length of abdominal tergum VI.
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1C584677AAF804634FF84B" bold="true" box="[151,315,1954,1977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="238">FIGURES 15.</emphasis>
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Montandon
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, lectotype. (1) specimen labels. (2) habitus, dorsal view. (3) head and anterior part of prothorax, lateral view. (4) male genitalia, lateral view. (5) paramere. (figures not to same scale)
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1D584777AAF8AF633EF8E3" bold="true" box="[151,330,1801,1824]" pageId="3" pageNumber="239">FIGURES 616.</emphasis>
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, specimen from Brunei. (6) head and prothorax, lateral view. (7) head and prothorax, dorsal view. (8) metasternum. (9, 10) left fore leg and femoral teeth, lateral view. (11, 12) left fore leg and femoral teeth, mesal view. (13) operculum. (14) phallotheca. (15) paramere. (16) apical part of paramere. (scale bars: 6, 7, 9, 11 same scale; 10, 1 2 same scale; 8, 13 same scale)
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Legs: Fore femur (
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): in both sexes slender, widest at basal part (ratio of maximum width at basal part
</paragraph>
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/ maximum width at distal part, in males: 1.111.24 (
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1.11), in females: 1.231.35); ventral margin with a long median carina bearing dense short setae and a tooth on mesal surface situated distally to median carina; distal part with a small tooth on lateral surface of ventral margin, proximal to sinuous pre-apical ventral margin, distal tooth slightly longer than surrounding setae on ventral side of femur; ratio of width of femur across median tooth (excluding tuft of setae) / width of femur at basal part: 0.881.05 (
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1.05); ratio of width of femur across median tooth / width at base of tooth at distal side: 1.421.52 (
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: 1.51); ratio of width of femur across median tooth / width of femur across median carina (excluding setae, on proximal side of median tooth): 1.151.31 (
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: 1.31). Middle femur slightly shorter than hind femur; hind femur, when folded back parallel to body not reaching posterior margin of abdominal sternum VI. Middle tibia shorter than middle femur; hind tibia longer than hind femur; middle and hind femora both bearing sparsely distributed long, thin, pale hairs along their lengths; middle and hind tibiae both bearing dense fringe of long hairs on posterior margins along their entire lengths.
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Abdomen: Operculum of male (
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) about as long as connexivum, medially keeled, apex pointed. Operculum of female clearly longer than connexivum, surpassing the apex of connexivum of about one fifth the length of operculum. Respiratory siphon with only sparse long, thin hairs along its length, not formed into a fringe.
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Male genitalia: Paramere (
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,
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): strongly constricted at distal half before a broadly curved and slender apical hook, inner side of curve with short setae; apex of hook narrowly rounded; ventral side of paramere before apical hook bearing a large sub-triangular elevation, with long setae; dorsal surface of paramere almost straight, only slightly sinuate at distal third. Phallotheca strongly sclerotised, as in
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A584077FAFD5A6338FCE9" bold="true" box="[199,332,764,789]" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">Discussion.</emphasis>
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, when describing
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A5840743AFD5B61EAFCE8" box="[775,926,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">Ranatra stali</emphasis>
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based on a specimen from the
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, reported a male specimen from
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(
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) and another male from Borneo. He tentatively treated these two specimens as a simple variety of
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and noted that they differed in some aspects from
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A584073ACFCE36750FCA0" box="[1169,1316,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">Ranatra stali</emphasis>
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from the
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. Subsequently,
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recognised the two specimens from
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and Borneo as a new variety,
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var.
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Montandon, 1910
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, and later as a distinct species (
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) on the basis of the following characteristics: the fore femur has an indistinct tooth on the apical part; the tubercle on the vertex between the eyes is acute, very high and laterally flattened; the middle tibiae are considerably shorter than the middle femora; and the siphon is about two-thirds of the length of abdomen (
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,
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).
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<bibRefCitation id="E152FAC30F1A584077FAFBBA63E0FBC9" author="Montandon, A. L." box="[199,404,1052,1077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="240" pagination="389 - 398" refId="ref6521" refString="Montandon, A. L. (1905) Especes nouvelles ou peu connues du genre Ranatra. Buletinul Societații de Sciințe din Bucuresci- Romania, 14, 389 - 398." type="journal article" year="1905">Montandon (1905</bibRefCitation>
,
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,
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) provided slightly different interpretations of the fore femur character. More specifically, in 1905, he noted that the specimen from
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had no teeth and a simple sinuosity at the apical end, but subsequently (1910b, 1914) stated the fore femur was less noticeably toothed at apex, implying the presence of a small tooth in the apical part. On the respiratory siphon,
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noted that the specimen from
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had the siphon about two-thirds the length of the abdomen, whereas on the specimen from Borneo, he noted that its siphon was missing and the body length was
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. As such, the actual length of siphon in the Bornean specimen was unknown.
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The descriptions of characters by
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,
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,
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) as mentioned above, unfortunately are insufficient for species diagnosis. To be certain about the species' identity, the male genitalia, the paramere in particular, need to be studied and illustrated. Another problem is that descriptions made by Montandon were not accompanied by any illustrations.
<bibRefCitation id="E152FAC30F1A5840752AFA2260A1FA60" author="Lansbury, I." box="[535,725,1412,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="240" pagination="287 - 341" refId="ref6400" refString="Lansbury, I. (1972) A review of the Oriental species of Ranatra Fabricius (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Nepidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 124, 287 - 341. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1972. tb 00367. x" type="journal article" year="1972">Lansbury (1972)</bibRefCitation>
, in his revision of the Oriental
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A5840730FFA2366FAFA60" box="[1074,1166,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">Ranatra</emphasis>
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, was unable to examine the two
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, thus tentatively assigned
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A58407541FA0F617FFA3C" box="[636,779,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
Montandon
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to the
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A584074DCFA0F6621FA3C" box="[993,1109,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">R. gracilis</emphasis>
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species group. He noted that the specimen from
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, supposedly deposited in “Coll. G. Breddin”, might have been lost. The collection by Gustav Breddin (
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) was bought in 1910 by the Deutsches Entomologisches National-Museum, now merged in the Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (Müncheberg,
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), but in fact
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did not quote
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A584076A7F99F6005F9AC" box="[410,625,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">Ranatra spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in her catalogue of
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types preserved in DEI collections. Lansbury also attempted to locate the specimen from Borneo, knowing that it was still in the Civic Museum of Natural History of Genoa, but for unstated reasons, he did not examine it. After the revision by
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, no literature on taxonomy of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A584076DCF9036049F940" box="[481,573,1701,1724]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">Ranatra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has provided detailed information about the
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of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A584073FDF903673AF940" box="[1216,1358,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Thus, the identity of this taxon remained uncertain.
</paragraph>
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In this study, after examining the
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collected from Borneo (
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), which is deposited in the Civic Museum of Natural History of Genoa, we can confirm that it is a distinct species. In addition, we have also studied a sample of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A58407623F893630EF8B0" box="[286,378,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">Ranatra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, collected from
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, that is identical to the type of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A584074EAF8936611F8B0" box="[983,1125,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This sample represents the first record of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A58407607F8FF63BCF88C" box="[314,456,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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. We here designate the
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from
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, Borneo as the
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of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A584077AAF8DB6318F868" box="[151,364,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">Ranatra spinifrons</emphasis>
Montandon. Because
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the descriptions by
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,
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) did not provide enough information for species identification, we provide the above redescription of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1A58407339F80766E0F844" box="[1028,1172,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="240">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the
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and additional specimens from
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584177FAFF3F63EEFF4C" box="[199,410,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Ranatra spinifrons</emphasis>
Montandon
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can be determined by the following diagnostic characteristics: (a) the tubercle between the eyes is very prominent, with its height about equal to the eye width in lateral view (
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,
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); (b) the paramere is strongly constricted before the slender, broadly-curved apical hook, with the ventral side of the paramere before the apical hook possessing a large sub-triangular process with long setae (
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,
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); (c) the fore femur is slender, with a small (but distinct) tooth on the lateral surface of the ventral margin before the apex, the distal tooth is slightly longer than the surrounding setae on the ventral side of the femur (
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); and (d) the hind femur is short and does not reach the posterior margin of abdominal sternum VI when folded back parallel to the abdomen. In addition, the siphon of the
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was missing.
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,
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) clearly made an assumption about the relative length of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B58417573FE1F60AFFE2C" box="[590,731,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
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, two-thirds the length of abdomen, based only on the specimen from
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. Based on the recent sample from
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, we now know that the respiratory siphon of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584173C9FE7B67F6FE08" box="[1268,1410,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
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is longer, about two-thirds the length of body and is slightly longer than the length of the abdomen (in males) or subequal to the length of the abdomen (in females). Therefore, the other
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of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841735CFD836685FDC0" box="[1121,1265,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
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, from
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, probably belongs to a different species because its siphon was shorter, only about two-thirds the length of abdomen, as noted by
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584177FAFD3763EEFD54" box="[199,410,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Ranatra spinifrons</emphasis>
Montandon
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belongs to the
<taxonomicName id="42C3FCB10F1B584175EBFD376138FD54" ID-CoL="7937P" authorityName="Dallas" authorityYear="1850" box="[726,844,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584175EBFD376138FD54" box="[726,844,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. gracilis</emphasis>
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species group (
<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841733EFD376635FD54" box="[1027,1089,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E152FAC30F1B58417377FD296681FD54" author="Lansbury, I." box="[1098,1269,655,680]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" pagination="287 - 341" refId="ref6400" refString="Lansbury, I. (1972) A review of the Oriental species of Ranatra Fabricius (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Nepidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 124, 287 - 341. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1972. tb 00367. x" type="journal article" year="1972">Lansbury 1972</bibRefCitation>
) in having the following characteristics: the vertex has a prominent tubercle; the prothorax is longer than the fore coxa and femur; and the metasternum has an emarginated posterior margin. To date, this species group consists of eight species:
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584172B9FD7F6299FCE8" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. gracilis</emphasis>
Dallas, 1850
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;
<taxonomicName id="42C3FCB10F1B5841769CFD5B60C8FCE9" ID-CoL="6X37T" authority="Mayr, 1865" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1865" box="[417,700,764,789]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parmata">
<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841769CFD5B6051FCE8" box="[417,549,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. parmata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E152FAC30F1B5841750CFD5B60C8FCE9" author="Mayr, G. L." box="[561,700,764,789]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" pagination="429 - 446" refId="ref6494" refString="Mayr, G. L. (1865) Diagnosen neuer Hemipteren. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 15, 429 - 446." type="journal article" year="1865">Mayr, 1865</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584175F0FD5B6157FCE8" box="[717,803,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. stali</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E152FAC30F1B58417412FD5A618BFCE9" author="Montandon, A. L." box="[815,1023,764,789]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" pagination="389 - 398" refId="ref6521" refString="Montandon, A. L. (1905) Especes nouvelles ou peu connues du genre Ranatra. Buletinul Societații de Sciințe din Bucuresci- Romania, 14, 389 - 398." type="journal article" year="1905">Montandon, 1905</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841732DFD5B66FEFCE8" box="[1040,1162,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. distanti</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E152FAC30F1B584173ABFD5A6707FCE8" author="Montandon, A. L." box="[1174,1395,764,789]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" pagination="652 - 658" refId="ref6553" refString="Montandon, A. L. (1910 a) Especes nouvelles ou peu connues d'Hydrocorises de l'Inde. Buletinul Societații de Stiințe din Bucuresti-Romania, 19, 652 - 658." type="journal article" year="1910">Montandon, 1910a</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584172B9FD5B6372FCC4" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E152FAC30F1B58417630FCB96392FCC4" author="Montandon, A. L." box="[269,486,799,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" pagination="163 - 171" refId="ref6585" refString="Montandon, A. L. (1910 b) Notes et descriptions d'especes nouvelles. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 8, 163 - 171." type="journal article" year="1910">Montandon, 1910b</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="42C3FCB10F1B584176CCFC8761D7FCC4" ID-CoL="792W4" authority="Chen, Nieser &amp; Ho, 2004" authorityName="Chen, Nieser &amp; Ho" authorityYear="2004" box="[497,931,799,824]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lansburyi">
<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584176CCFC87600EFCC4" box="[497,634,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. lansburyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E152FAC30F1B584175BCFCB961D7FCC4" author="Chen, P. - P. &amp; Nieser, N. &amp; Ho, J." box="[641,931,799,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" pagination="81 - 102" refId="ref6250" refString="Chen, P. - P., Nieser, N. &amp; Ho, J. (2004) Review of Chinese Ranatrinae (Hemiptera: Nepidae), with descriptions of four new species of Ranatra Fabricius. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 147, 81 - 102. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 22119434 - 900000142" type="journal article" year="2004">Chen, Nieser &amp; Ho, 2004</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B58417492FC876663FCC4" box="[943,1047,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. schuhi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E152FAC30F1B58417323FCB9671DFCC4" author="Polhemus, D. A. &amp; Polhemus, J. T." box="[1054,1385,799,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" pagination="242 - 251" refId="ref6904" refString="Polhemus, D. A. &amp; Polhemus, J. T. (2012) Notes on Ranatra (Heteroptera: Nepidae) from Burma and the Andaman Islands, with description of a new species. Entomologia Americana, 118, 242 - 251. https: // doi. org / 10.1664 / 12 - RA- 028.1" type="journal article" year="2012">Polhemus &amp; Polhemus, 2012</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="42C3FCB10F1B584177AAFCE36287FCA0" authority="Tran &amp; Poggi, 2019" authorityName="Tran &amp; Poggi" authorityYear="2019" box="[151,243,836,860]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="heoki" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584177AAFCE36287FCA0" box="[151,243,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. heoki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584177C7FCE2635EFCA1" bold="true" box="[250,298,836,861]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">sp.n</emphasis>
.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="857C87320F1B584177FAFCCE62B1FA84" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1764]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">
Among the taxa of the
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584176F0FCCF6036FC7C" box="[461,578,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. gracilis</emphasis>
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group,
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584175A6FCCF615EFC7C" box="[667,810,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
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is relatively similar to
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841730FFCCF66EFFC7C" box="[1074,1179,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. schuhi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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, in the general form of the paramere. However, it can be easily separated from the latter by following features. In particular, the tubercle on the vertex of
<taxonomicName id="42C3FCB10F1B5841755BFC176083FC34" ID-CoL="78R88" authorityName="Montandon. Because" authorityYear="1905" box="[614,759,944,968]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinifrons">
<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841755BFC176083FC34" box="[614,759,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is very high, about same as the eye width in lateral view, whereas that of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841766DFC7363CEFC10" box="[336,442,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. schuhi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is only about one-third the eye width. The paramere of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841737AFC7366ACFC10" box="[1095,1240,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is more strongly constricted before the apical hook, and the apical hook is longer than that of
<taxonomicName id="42C3FCB10F1B584174CBFC5F662AFBEC" ID-CoL="6WR7W" authorityName="Polhemus &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2012" box="[1014,1118,1016,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schuhi">
<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584174CBFC5F662AFBEC" box="[1014,1118,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. schuhi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(compare with
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:
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). Other differences between
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841747CFBBB61A6FBC8" box="[833,978,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B58417332FBBB660EFBC8" box="[1039,1146,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. schuhi</emphasis>
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include the siphon of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584172B9FBBB6372FBA4" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
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is relatively longer, about two-thirds the body length (while in the latter, it is about one-third the body length); the hemelytra of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584176F1FBC36015FB80" box="[460,609,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is uniformly textured, mostly yellowish brown and shorter, with the membrane only reaching the mid-length of abdominal tergum VI (in
<taxonomicName id="42C3FCB10F1B58417496FB2F6661FB5C" ID-CoL="6WR7W" authorityName="Polhemus &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2012" box="[939,1045,1160,1184]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schuhi">
<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B58417496FB2F6661FB5C" box="[939,1045,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. schuhi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the hemelytra are reddish brown, with the membrane reaching the posterior margin of abdominal tergum VII); the fore femur of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B58417388FB0B6737FB38" box="[1205,1347,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
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is more slender, with the distal part narrower than basal part (in
<taxonomicName id="42C3FCB10F1B58417431FB776100FB14" ID-CoL="6WR7W" authorityName="Polhemus &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2012" box="[780,884,1232,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schuhi">
<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B58417431FB776100FB14" box="[780,884,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. schuhi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the basal part of fore femur is narrower than the distal part); the hind femur of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584176C6FB5360F8FAF0" box="[507,652,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in both sexes is shorter and does not reach the posterior margin of abdominal sternum VI when folded back parallel to the abdomen (in
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841748FFABF6668FACC" box="[946,1052,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. schuhi</emphasis>
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, the male hind femur reaches the anterior half of the operculum and the female hind femur does not reach the posterior margin of abdominal sternum VI).
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reported a male specimen from
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, Peninsular
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and tentatively assigned it to
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584176FAFA0F602FFA3C" box="[455,603,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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had doubts about the identify of that specimen because the
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of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584176CCFA6B60F6FA18" box="[497,642,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
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was not available for their study and the descriptions by Montandon were not sufficiently informative, but referred to it as
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584175C8FA5761F0F9F4" box="[757,900,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
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, mostly based on the prominent tubercle on the vertex as well as the relative lengths of the siphon and abdomen. Based on our examination of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584172B9F9B36372F9AC" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
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, and comparison with illustrations made by
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Polhemus (2013:
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)
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we conclude that the respective specimen studied by
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belongs to another taxon, and is probably a new species. In particular, the paramere of that specimen is more similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B5841733FF9276625F964" box="[1026,1105,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. stali</emphasis>
Montandon
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, as also noted by
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, and is clearly different from that of
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584174BAF9036661F940" box="[903,1045,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. spinifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B7B75B200F1B584177FAF96D6314F918" bold="true" box="[199,352,1739,1764]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Distribution.</emphasis>
Borneo:
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; first record for
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.
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