Ochterus magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977

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

Ochterus magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977
status

 

Ochterus magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977 View in CoL

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 3 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Ochterusmagnus; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TIRj; Event: eventDate: 05.07.2017

Distribution

This is the first record of O. magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977 (see Gapud and San Valentin 1977) from Mindoro (Fig. 5 View Figure 5 ). The species is Philippine-endemic, previously only known from Luzon - Mt. Makiling, Laguna; Humayao Creek, Cavite; Quezon; and in La Union ( Gapud 2002).

Taxon discussion

Refer to Gapud (1986) for identification.

Habitat

The specimens were found on wet rocks.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Ochteridae

Genus

Ochterus