Two new species of Pleciobates (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha: Gerridae) from India, with a key to the species of Pleciobates

E. EYARIN JEHAMALAR; KAILASH CHANDRA; HERBERT ZETTEL; SRIMOYEE BASU; BIJITA BARMAN; SUSMITA GUPTA; K.A. SUBRAMANIAN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3866.3.7

Issue: Vol. 3866 No. 3: 24 Sept. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-09-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.3.7

Page range: 435–445

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Two new species of Pleciobates (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha: Gerridae) from India, with a key to the species of Pleciobates

E. EYARIN JEHAMALAR⁺⁻
KAILASH CHANDRA⁺⁻
HERBERT ZETTEL⁺⁻
SRIMOYEE BASU⁺⁻
BIJITA BARMAN⁺⁻
SUSMITA GUPTA⁺⁻
K.A. SUBRAMANIAN⁺⁻

Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700 053, West Bengal, India.

Natural History Museum, International Research Institute for Entomology, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria.

Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700 053, West Bengal, India.

Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Assam University, Silchar- 788 011, Assam, India.

Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700 053, West Bengal, India.

Ptilomerinae water strider Assam West Bengal taxonomy

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Abstract

Two new species of water striders in the genus Pleciobates are described from India and compared with allied species. Pleciobates bengalensis Jehamalar, Basu & Zettel sp. nov. is described from the Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal and Pleciobates expositus Jehamalar, Chandra & Zettel sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Gerridae) is described from the Dhubri District, Assam. A key to the species of Pleciobates and a distribution map of the species of Pleciobates from India are provided. For the first time the genitalia of Pleciobates females are described in detail.