Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

This survey aims to provide an updated species checklist of aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs in the intra-Philippine biogeographic Region of Mindoro. An assessment survey of water bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) was conducted mostly by manual collection in selected areas of Oriental Mindoro from 2017 to...

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Main Authors: Pelingen, Arthien Lovell, Zettel, Herbert, Pangantihon, Clister V, Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique, Fatallo, Earl Kevin, de Leon, Jemillie Madonna, Freitag, Hendrik
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.biology-faculty-pubs-10692022-02-08T03:27:47Z Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Pelingen, Arthien Lovell Zettel, Herbert Pangantihon, Clister V Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique Fatallo, Earl Kevin de Leon, Jemillie Madonna Freitag, Hendrik This survey aims to provide an updated species checklist of aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs in the intra-Philippine biogeographic Region of Mindoro. An assessment survey of water bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) was conducted mostly by manual collection in selected areas of Oriental Mindoro from 2017 to 2018, in which some of the collecting activities were undertaken by graduate students of Ateneo de Manila University. Twenty-nine aquatic and semi-aquatic heteropteran species were documented and some are known island-endemic species or subspecies, including Enithares martini mindoroensis Nieser & Zettel, 1999, Hydrotrephes stereoides mindoroensis Zettel, 2003, Aphelocheirus freitagi Zettel & Pangantihon, 2010, Rhagovelia mindoroensis Zettel, 1994, Rhagovelia raddai Zettel, 1994, Rhagovelia potamophila Zettel, 1996 and Strongylovelia mindoroensis Lansbury & Zettel, 1997, which were found in new areas in the Region. In addition, there are also new records for the Island that have already been documented in other parts of the Philippines, such as the Philippine-endemic Ochterus magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977 and Hebrus philippinus Zettel, 2006 and the widely-distributed backswimmers Anisops nigrolineatus Lundblad, 1933 and Anisops rhomboides Nieser & Chen, 1999. Several undescribed specimens and potentially new species are also discussed in this paper. Further surveys in the other parts of Mindoro and in the other regions of the Philippines, are encouraged to produce a comprehensive baseline data of heteropteran species richness in the country. 2020-11-04T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/67 https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1069&context=biology-faculty-pubs Biology Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo biodiversity distribution endemism freshwater macroinvertebrates Animal Sciences Aquaculture and Fisheries Biodiversity Biology
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topic biodiversity
distribution
endemism
freshwater
macroinvertebrates
Animal Sciences
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Biodiversity
Biology
spellingShingle biodiversity
distribution
endemism
freshwater
macroinvertebrates
Animal Sciences
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Biodiversity
Biology
Pelingen, Arthien Lovell
Zettel, Herbert
Pangantihon, Clister V
Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique
Fatallo, Earl Kevin
de Leon, Jemillie Madonna
Freitag, Hendrik
Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
description This survey aims to provide an updated species checklist of aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs in the intra-Philippine biogeographic Region of Mindoro. An assessment survey of water bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) was conducted mostly by manual collection in selected areas of Oriental Mindoro from 2017 to 2018, in which some of the collecting activities were undertaken by graduate students of Ateneo de Manila University. Twenty-nine aquatic and semi-aquatic heteropteran species were documented and some are known island-endemic species or subspecies, including Enithares martini mindoroensis Nieser & Zettel, 1999, Hydrotrephes stereoides mindoroensis Zettel, 2003, Aphelocheirus freitagi Zettel & Pangantihon, 2010, Rhagovelia mindoroensis Zettel, 1994, Rhagovelia raddai Zettel, 1994, Rhagovelia potamophila Zettel, 1996 and Strongylovelia mindoroensis Lansbury & Zettel, 1997, which were found in new areas in the Region. In addition, there are also new records for the Island that have already been documented in other parts of the Philippines, such as the Philippine-endemic Ochterus magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977 and Hebrus philippinus Zettel, 2006 and the widely-distributed backswimmers Anisops nigrolineatus Lundblad, 1933 and Anisops rhomboides Nieser & Chen, 1999. Several undescribed specimens and potentially new species are also discussed in this paper. Further surveys in the other parts of Mindoro and in the other regions of the Philippines, are encouraged to produce a comprehensive baseline data of heteropteran species richness in the country.
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author Pelingen, Arthien Lovell
Zettel, Herbert
Pangantihon, Clister V
Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique
Fatallo, Earl Kevin
de Leon, Jemillie Madonna
Freitag, Hendrik
author_facet Pelingen, Arthien Lovell
Zettel, Herbert
Pangantihon, Clister V
Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique
Fatallo, Earl Kevin
de Leon, Jemillie Madonna
Freitag, Hendrik
author_sort Pelingen, Arthien Lovell
title Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
title_short Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
title_full Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
title_fullStr Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
title_full_unstemmed Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
title_sort contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in mindoro island, philippines, with a species checklist of nepomorpha and gerromorpha (insecta, hemiptera, heteroptera)
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2020
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/67
https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1069&context=biology-faculty-pubs
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