Aquarius adelaidis ( Dohrn, 1860 )

Cianferoni, Fabio, Saleem, Rukhshanda, Afsheen, Sumera & Zia, Ahmed, 2021, The water striders of Pakistan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae): new records from Punjab and first checklist for the country, Zootaxa 4996 (3), pp. 469-491 : 472

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.3.3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5074715

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scientific name

Aquarius adelaidis ( Dohrn, 1860 )
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Aquarius adelaidis ( Dohrn, 1860) View in CoL

Gerris argentata Spinola 1837: 65 (preoccupied by Gerris argentatus Schummel, 1832 View in CoL ).

Gerris adelaidis Dohrn 1860: 408 .

Gerris spinolae Lethierry & Severin 1896: 63 View in CoL (new name for Gerris argentata Spinola, 1837 ). Syn. Lundblad (1933: 372).— Pakistan: Pruthi (1933: 102. Punjab Province, Jhelum District, Chalisa).

Aquarius adelaidis: Andersen 1990: 61 View in CoL .— Pakistan: Buzzetti et al. (2006: 40. Sindh Province, Thatta District, Keenjhar Lake).

Material examined: Gujranwala District: Upper Chenab canal, Nandipur, Gujranwala, 32.254099° N 74.269467° E, 24.X.2016, 1 ♂, ♀ apt.; Upper Chenab canal, Master City Housing Scheme, Gujranwala, 32.130067° N 74.214012° E, 30.X.2016, 1 ♀ macr.; Nullah Palkhu, Grand Trunk Road Wazirabad, 32.449509° N 74.112278° E, 11. V.2016, 2 ♀ macr.; idem, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ macr., det. FC ( CFC). Gujrat District: Upper Jhelum canal near Pathan Colony , Kharian , 32.719544° N 73.795622° E, 18.XII.2016, 2 ♀ macr.; idem, 24. VI .2018, 2 ♂. 3 ♀ macr.; Upper Jhelum canal near Village Jaura, Kharian , 32.654499° N 73.816865° E, 13.VIII.2017, 1 V GoogleMaps instar nymph ♀, det. FC ( CFC) ; idem, 24. VI .2018, 1 ♂, 5 ♀ macr.; Upper Jhelum canal Grand Trunk Road Sarai Alamgir , 32.890852° N 73.768194° E, 16.VII.2017, 2 ♂ macr.; idem, 24. VI .2018, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ macr.; Upper Jhelum canal near Simbli Sharif Road Sarai Alamgir , 32.865010° N 73.713452° E, 18.XII.2016, 1 ♂ macr.; idem, 24. VI .2018, 5 ♂, 3 ♀ macr.; River Jhelum, Grand Trunk Road , 32.917846° N 73.723696° E, 11.XII.2016, 4 ♂, 4 ♀ macr., 5 ♂, 6 ♀ brach.; idem, 16.VII.2017, 7 nymphs ; idem, 13.VIII.2017, 2 ♂, 3 ♀ macr., 2 ♂, 2 ♀ brach .; idem, 17.IX.2017, 3 ♂, 4 ♀ macr., 3 ♀ brach .; idem, 2 ♂ brach., 2 ♀ macr., det. FC ( CFC) ; idem, 22.X.2017, 5 ♂, 3 ♀ macr., 2 ♂ brach., 12 nymphs ; idem, 24. VI .2018, 6 ♂, 4 ♀ macr.; Upper Jhelum canal near Tarikha Village, Gujrat , 32.497335° N 74.016565° E, 26. VI GoogleMaps .2018, 4 ♂, 3 ♀ macr.; idem, 30.X.2019, 4 ♂, 2 ♀, macr. Sialkot District: Pond near Jaje Village GoogleMaps , 32.394221° N 74.628148° E, 29.X.2016, 1 ♂ macr.; idem, 10.VII.2017, 1 ♀ macr.; Marala Ravi link canal near Basi wala pul GoogleMaps , 32.222449° N 74.590056° E, 12.III.2016, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ macr., 1 ♂ brach.; idem, 2 ♂ macr., det. FC ( CFC) GoogleMaps ; idem, 10.VII.2017, 1 ♀ macr GoogleMaps .; idem, 22. VI GoogleMaps .2018, 2 ♂, 4 ♀ macr., 1 ♀ brach.; Marala Ravi link canal near Kotli Baba Faqir Chand, 32.293986° N 74.526254° E, 16.IX.2017, 1 ♂, 3 ♀. 20 nymphs GoogleMaps ; idem, 8.XII.2017, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ macr., 1 nymph GoogleMaps ; idem, 22. VI GoogleMaps .2018, 1 ♂, macr.; pond near Dar Rice Mills, Bhoroki, Pasrur Road , 32.403149° N 74.603264° E, 7.X.2017, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ macr.; Marala Ravi link canal near Canal City Housing Society GoogleMaps , 32.475159° N 74.422701° E, 23. VI GoogleMaps .2018, 4 ♂ macr.; Upper Chanab canal near Zafarwali , 32.478587° N 74.376158° E, 28.IX.2017, 2 ♀ macr.; idem, 2 ♂ macr, det. FC ( CFC) ; idem, 15.X.2017, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ macr.; flood drainage canal near Behari Colony , 32.320839° N 74.393796° E, 29.XI.2016, 1 ♂, 5 ♀ macr.; Marala Ravi link canal near Motra GoogleMaps , 32.367782° N 74.419769° E, 12.VIII.2017, 1 ♀ macr.; idem, 23. VI GoogleMaps .2018. 4 ♀ macr., 3 ♂, 1 ♀ brach.

General distribution. This water strider species occurs throughout the Oriental Region with records from Pakistan (known western limit of the species), India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China (Hainan), Malaysia (peninsular and Borneo), Singapore, and Indonesia (Sumatra) (see Damgaard et al. 2014).

Remarks. This species was recorded from Punjab by Pruthi (1933). More recently, it was recorded from Keenjhar Lake in Sindh Province ( Buzzetti et al. 2006), which is about 1000 km south-southwest of the study area.

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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Gerridae

Genus

Aquarius

Loc

Aquarius adelaidis ( Dohrn, 1860 )

Cianferoni, Fabio, Saleem, Rukhshanda, Afsheen, Sumera & Zia, Ahmed 2021
2021
Loc

Aquarius adelaidis:

Buzzetti, F. M. & Nieser, N. & Damgaard, J. 2006: 40
Andersen, N. M. 1990: 61
1990
Loc

Gerris spinolae

Lundblad, O. 1933: 372
Pruthi, H. S. 1933: 102
Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1896: 63
1896
Loc

Gerris adelaidis

Dohrn, A. 1860: 408
1860
Loc

Gerris argentata

Spinola, M. M. 1837: 65
1837
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