Limnometra bruneiensis MIYAMOTO , 1967

V, Clister & Zettel, Herbert, 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of aquatic Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of Greater Sulu, Philippines, Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (2), pp. 609-620 : 616

Limnometra bruneiensis MIYAMOTO, 1967

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: PA09, 1 macropterous female; PA12, 3 macropterous males, 3 macropterous females.

Notes. Limnometra bruneiensis was originally described from Brunei ( MIYAMOTO 1967) and later recorded from other parts of Borneo (NIESER & CHEN 1992). It has never been recorded from the Philippines before. It can be distinguished from Philippine congeners by its combination of small size, slender build, dense pilosity on the flexor side of the male’s profemur, a short but distinct third mesopleural stripe, and partly white antennomeres 3 and 4. Specimens from Jolo differ from those found on northern Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia) deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna by dark (not whitish) apices of the meso- and metafemora and slight differences in the lateral sclerite of the vesicula of males. Possibly, L. bruneiensis is a species complex, but more material from various parts of Borneo would be needed to draw conclusions. It is notable that macroptery in this species suggests good dispersal ability.