Ranatra rafflesi Tran & Polhemus, 2012

Tran, A. D. & Poggi, R., 2019, The genus Ranatra Fabricius (Heteroptera: Nepidae) in Borneo, with a redescription of Ranatra spinifrons Montandon and the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4555 (2), pp. 236-246 : 244

Ranatra rafflesi Tran & Polhemus, 2012

Ranatra rafflesi Tran & Polhemus, 2012: 104 –106, Figs. 7, 8, 10, 12–15 .

Material examined. MALAYSIA: 2 males, 3 females, Sarawak, Sg. Stunggang before Bg. Kayan, coll. HH Tan, 2 Sep.1996, THH9693 ( ZRC) ; 2 males, 1 female, Sarawak, Sg Mautala , coll. M. Kottelat et al., May 1994, MK94-20 ( ZRC.6.17663) ; 1 male, 3 females, Sarawak, Sibu , coll. M. Kottelat et al., 15 May 1994, MK94-24 ( ZRC) ; 1 male, Sarawak, Serian , Sg. Kubas, coll. HH Tan, 10 Jun. 1999, THH9938 ( ZRC) ; 1 male, Sarawak, 38km towards Simunjan fr. Kuching – Sri Anam Rd, coll. HH Tan, 4 Sep. 1996, THH96100 ( ZRC) ; 1 male, 1 female, Sarawak, 43km to Sri Aman, nr. Batang Ai turnoff, coll. HH Tan, 3 Sep. 1996, THH9698 ( ZRC) ; 1 male, 1 female, Sarawak, Sibu , Sg. Teku, coll. HH Tan & R Kerte, 3 Mar. 1998, THH9810 ( ZRC) . INDONESIA: 5 males, 3 females, Sumatra, Jambi, Danau Rasau , coll. M Kottelat & HH Tan, 1–2 Jun. 1994, MK94-39 ( ZRC) .

Remarks. First record for Borneo ( Sarawak) and Sumatra.

Figures

FIGURES 6–16. Ranatra spinifrons, specimen from Brunei. (6) head and prothorax, lateral view. (7) head and prothorax, dorsal view. (8) metasternum. (9, 10) left fore leg and femoral teeth, lateral view. (11, 12) left fore leg and femoral teeth, mesal view. (13) operculum. (14) phallotheca. (15) paramere. (16) apical part of paramere. (scale bars: 6, 7, 9, 11 same scale; 10, 12 same scale; 8, 13 same scale)