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Issue: Vol. 3341 No. 1: 11 Jun. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3341.1.4
Page range: 54–58
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 2

Taxonomic notes on Amemboa lyra Paiva and Amemboa riparia Polhemus & Andersen (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae)

John T. POLHEMUS, Colorado Entomological Institute, 3115 S. York St., Englewood, CO 80113 USA
TRAN Anh Duc, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Hanoi University of Science, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hemiptera Gerridae Amemboa synonym

Abstract

Amemboa ripiaria Polhemus & Andersen, 1984 was recognised as junior synonym of Amemboa lyra (Paiva, 1918) byZettel & Chen (1996). After examination of a series of Amemboa specimens from Myanmar, we now determine that thesetwo names are not synonymous and thus re-establish Amemboa riparia. These species can be separated from each other by the structures of the male’s fore leg, and the apical part of the pygophore.

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