Strongylovelia mindoroensis Lansbury & Zettel, 1997

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

Strongylovelia mindoroensis Lansbury & Zettel, 1997

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 3 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Strongyloveliamindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Baco; locationRemarks: 353u; Event: eventDate: 24.08.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2 males (ma, ap); Taxon: scientificName: Strongyloveliamindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HQCy; Event: eventDate: 21.09.2017

Distribution

Strongylovelia mindoroensis Lansbury & Zettel, 1997 (see Lansbury and Zettel 1997) (Fig. 6 F) is endemic to Mindoro and only known from the type locality in Puerto Galera ( Lansbury and Zettel 1997) and our records from Baco and Roxas (Fig. 7 ).

Taxon discussion

For identification, refer to the key by Zettel (2003c).

Habitat

The species was found in slow flowing water and a residual pool with floating plants.

Figures

Figure 6. Selected habitus illustrations of Gerromorpha of Mindoro A. Hebrus sp.; B. Mesovelia vittigera; C. Hydrometra mindoroensis; D. Microvelia douglasi; E. Pseudovelia cf. curvata; F. Strongylovelia mindoroensis; G. Rhagovelia mindoroensis; H. Rhagovelia raddai. Scale bars 1 mm.

Figure 7. Distribution of the collecting sites of Gerromorpha material (part 1) treated in this study.