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Type: Article
Published: 2013-12-09
Page range: 524–532
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Description of the egg and immature stages of Potamobates anchicaya J. Polhemus & D. Polhemus, 1995 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) and intersexual variation in adults

Universidad de Nariño, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biología, Ciudad Universitaria Torobajo, San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia
water striders semiaquatic bugs egg nymphal instars Neotropical

Abstract

The egg and five nymphal stages, of the Neotropical species Potamobates anchicaya are described and illustrated for the first time. Intra- and intersexual variation in the abdominal terminalia of apterous adults is also illustrated. Adults and nymphs were collected from three populations in southwestern Colombia.