Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of the Socotra Archipelago I: Introduction, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha
Kment Petr, Carapezza Attilio
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62(2): 475-519, 2022
Published online: 31st December 2022
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Abstract: This contribution is the first part of a series designed to summarize the
present knowledge on the fauna of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of the
Socotra Archipelago. A review of aquatic, semiaquatic and shore bugs of the
infraorders Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha of Socotra is provided.
Nine families and 19 species are recorded from the Socotra Island (including
two marine off-shore species). The following new species and new records are
given: Micronecta eupompe Hutchinson, 1930 (Micronectidae), Sigara hoggarica
Poisson, 1929 (Corixidae), Hebrus kanyukovae sp. nov., Hebrus sp. (Hebridae),
Microvelia gracillima Reuter, 1882, M. macani Brown, 1953 (Veliidae), Limnogonus
cereiventris (Signoret, 1862) (Gerridae), Micracanthia ornatula (Reuter, 1881),
and Saldula niveolimbata (Reuter, 1900) (Saldidae). The following new faunistic
records are also provided: Micronecta eupompe from Burkina Faso, Anisops varius
from Jordan and Rwanda, Mesovelia vittigera Horváth, 1895 (Mesoveliidae) from
Mali, Micracanthia ornatula from Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Zambia, China (Sichuan),
and Bangladesh, and Saldula niveolimbata from Mali. The status of the type
specimens is discussed and corrected for Anisops varius var. scutellata Fieber,
1851 (syntypes), Anisops varius var. sugillata Fieber, 1851 (lectotype), Anisops
hoggarica Poisson, 1929 (syntypes), Halobates germanus White, 1883 (lectotype),
Halobates sewelli Imms, 1936 (lectotype), Limnogous leptocerus (Reuter, 1882)
(lectotype), and Microvelia gracillima Reuter, 1882 (holotype versus neotype).
Key words: Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Nepomorpha, faunistics, new record, new species, Socotra, Yemen, Afrotropical Region, Palaearctic Region