Eotrechus longipes Andersen, 1982

Basu, Srimoyee, Chandra, Kailash, Venkatesan, Thiruvengadam & Icar-Nbair, 2017, Eotrechus fuscus sp. nov. from Northeastern India with a key to Indian species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57 (2), pp. 391-398 : 397

Eotrechus longipes Andersen, 1982

( Figs 13–20 )

Material examined. INDIA: SIKKIM: 6 JJ 3 ♀♀ (apterous), West Sikkim, Rimbi waterfalls, 27.314035°N, 88.186561°E, alt. 4153 ft [= 1266 m a.s.l.], 11.v.2015, coll. S. Basu (NZC-ZSI) ; 2 JJ (apterous), 1 ♀ (macropterous), 2 ♀♀ (apterous), West Sikkim, Phamrong falls , 27.357853°N, 88.234138°E, alt. 4872 ft [= 1485 m a.s.l.], 11.v.2015, coll. S. Basu (NZC-ZSI) .

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim ( THIRUMALAI 2002). New species for Sikkim.

Figures

Figs 13–20. Eotrechus longipes Andersen, 1982, 13 – dorsal view of apterous male; 14 – dorsal view of apterous female; 15 – dorsal view of macropterous female; 16 – abdominal sternites of male; 17 – abdominal sternites of female; 18 – ventral view of male foreleg; 19 – pygophore, dorsal view; 20 – proctiger, dorsal view.