Hydrometra mindoroensis Polhemus, 1976

Pelingen, Arthien Lovell, Zettel, Herbert, Pangantihon, Clister V, Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique, Fatallo, Earl Kevin, de Leon, Jemillie Madonna & Freitag, Hendrik, 2020, Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera), Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 56883-56883 : 56883

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scientific name

Hydrometra mindoroensis Polhemus, 1976
status

 

Hydrometra mindoroensis Polhemus, 1976 View in CoL

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Puerto Galera; locationRemarks: 305h; Event: eventDate: 24.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HQCy; Event: eventDate: 30.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 5 males (ap, ma); Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HQCb; Event: eventDate: 21.09.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: THFj; Event: eventDate: 07.07.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TR2j; Event: eventDate: 08.07.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Hydrometramindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TWC2y; Event: eventDate: 25.06.2017

Distribution

Hydrometra mindoroensis Polhemus, 1976 (in Polhemus and Reisen 1976) (Fig. 6 View Figure 6 C) is a widespread species in the Philippines and neighbouring areas (Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea) ( Polhemus and Lansbury 1997, Gapud et al. 2003).

Taxon discussion

For identification, refer to the key by Gapud et al. (2003).

Habitat

This species can be found in both stagnant waters and edges of streams and rivers ( Gapud et al. 2003). We found the species in shaded hygropetric sites and at stream banks with mineral and organic substrates (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 B).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Hydrometridae

Genus

Hydrometra