Micronecta sp.

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

Micronecta sp.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 18 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Micronecta sp.; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HR2(L); Event: eventDate: 31.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 4 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Micronecta sp.; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TR1(L); Event: eventDate: 13.07.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Micronecta sp.; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TR2(L); Event: eventDate: 21.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Micronecta sp.; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TR2(L); Event: eventDate: 20.08.2018

Taxon discussion

The species cannot be identified yet because the examination of comparative type material is needed, which is currently inaccessible. Nieser and Chen (2003) described four species from the Philippines but the Mindoro specimens differ from those.

Habitat

All specimens were collected using a light trap, so their habitat cannot be accurately described. However, species of Micronecta Kirkaldy, 1897 are usually found in stagnant or shallow, slowly flowing waters ( Nieser 1999). See Fig. 5 for current records, amongst them is site HR2 (Fig. 2 B).

Figures

Figure 2. Sampling sites at the Baroc River basin (Roxas, southern Mindoro). A. lower Baroc River (BR 3); B. Hinundungan River from Hinagdanan Falls (HR 2); C. upper Taugad Daka River (TDR 4); D. small tributary of the Taugad River (TUC).

Figure 5. Distribution of the collecting sites of Nepomorpha material treated in this study.