Ranatra thai Lansbury, 1972

Tran, A. D. & Zettel, H., 2021, Taxonomy of the Ranatra biroi group sensu Lansbury, 1972 (Nepomorpha: Nepidae), with descriptions of two new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69, pp. 507-521 : 518-519

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https://doi.org/ 10.26107/RBZ-2021-0068

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Ranatra thai Lansbury, 1972
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Ranatra thai Lansbury, 1972 View in CoL

Ranatra longipes thai Lansbury, 1972: 334 View in CoL (type locality: Chon Buri, Thailand); Tran & Polhemus, 2012: 102, 104 (elevated to species rank).

Material examined. THAILAND: 1 male, Narathiwat Prov., Ban Sac, coll. H. K. Lua, 23 October 1998, LHK0402 ( ZRC) ; 2 males, Narathiwat Prov., Sg. Padi, coll. H. K. Lua, 23 October 1998, LHK0403 ( ZRC) ; 2 males, Nakhon Rachasima Prov. , outlet Lam Takong reservoir, coll. H. H. Tan, 16 January 1997, THH9716 ( ZRC) ; 2 males, Mekong river basin, Huang River tributary, stream on route 2103, 2 km S. of Dan Sai , 17°16′0.9″N, 101°08′29.2″E, coll. S. H. Tan & N. Sivasothi, 21 March 1996, TG11 ( ZRC) GoogleMaps ; 2 males, 4 females, Mae Hong Son Prov., 17 road-km N Mae Hong Son, Mok Cham Pae, near Fish Cave , coll. H. Zettel, 11 November 1995 (12a, 12b) ( NHMW) ; 1 female, Chiang Mai Prov., Chiang Dao, Ban Yang Thung Pong , c. 500 m a.s.l., coll. H. Zettel, 8 November 1995 (10) ( NHMW) ; 2 females, Khon Kaen Prov., Khon Kaen University, Plastic Pond, coll. H. Zettel, 26 November 1995 (28) ( NHMW) ; 1 male, Chayaphum Prov. , Tat Ton NP, Tat Bong, coll. H. Zettel, 27 November 1995 (29) ( NHMW) ; 1 male, 1 female, Chayaphum Prov. , Tat Ton NP, Tat Ton, coll. H. Zettel, 27 November 1995 (30) ( NHMW) ; 1 male, Chonburi, Ko Chang , 12°02′N, 102°18′E, coll. F. Seyfert, 26 October–3 November 2002 (2) ( NHMW) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Sakhon Nakhon, 11 km NE Khan Poon, Huai Ya , coll. W. D. Shepard, 5 March 1994 ( NHMW) ; 1 male, 1 female, Krabi, Ao Nang, coll. M. Madl, 22 November 1991 (2, 3) ( NHMW) ; 8 males, 6 females, Nakhon Ratchasima Prov., Lam Takhong , near Khao Yai NP, stream, 380 m a.s.l., coll. H. Zettel, 8 January 2009 (50) ( NHMW) .

LAOS: 1 female, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong , 1,250 m a.s.l., coll. P. Schwendinger, 27 December 1996 ( NHMW) .

CAMBODIA: 3 males, 2 females, Kampot Province, O’saray stream, 10°41′29.3″N, 104°02′48.8″E, coll. CBC team, 4 March 2019, CA0116.A4 ( RUPP, NHMW) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, 1 female, Takeo Province, Boeng Cheung Loung Lake , 11°21′08.1″N, 104°56′27.3″E, coll. RUPP team, 9 March 2019, CA0118, HN ( RUPP) GoogleMaps .

MALAYSIA – West : – Perak : 1 male ( ZRC.6.18857), Perak, 2 km after Raban before 286 km to K. Bahru, 5°2′41.2″N, 100°57′13.1″E, coll. H. H. Tan, 19 November 1995, THH9591. – Kelantan GoogleMaps : 1 male, Kelantan, Sungei Kemia Hulu Besut, 6 km from Kampong Keruah on road to hydroelectric station, coll. P. Ng et al., 20 March 1992, LHK184 ( ZRC) ; 3 females, Kelantan, tributary of Sungei Hulu Besut, immediately after Kampong Keruah on road to hydroelectric station, coll. H. K. Lua, 20 March 1992, LHK183d ( ZRC) . – Trengganu : 1 male, 1 female, Trengganu, stream at about km 6 on road from Kuala Brang to Kuala Trengganu, coll. P. Ng et al., 19 March 1992, LHK180 ( ZRC) ; 2 males, Trengganu, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 18–19 March 1992 ( ZRC) ; 1 male, 2 females, 1 nymph, Trengganu, Rantau Abang, coll. B. Tan & G. Sumita, 16 May 1995, TG04 ( ZRC) ; 1 male, 1 female, Trengganu, north of Ayer Puteh , about 121 km on road from Kuantan to Kuala Trengganu, coll. P. Ng et al., 19 March 1992, LHK181 ( ZRC) ; 5 males, 3 females, Trengganu, Rantau Abang, coll. H. H. Tan, 15 May 1995, THH9518 ( ZRC) ; 1 male, 94 km from K. Trengganu to Kota Bahru , 5°32′38.5″N, 102°43′43.9″E, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 19 March 1992 ( ZRC) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Trengganu, north of Rantau Abang , swamp at km 56 on road from Kuala Trengganu to Kuantan, coll. P. Ng et al., 18 March 1992, LHK177 ( ZRC) ; 62 ex. ( ZRC.6.22228), pool at km 94 on road from Kuala Terengganu to Kota Bahru, south of Jerteh , 5°32′38.5″N, 102°43′43.9″E, water temp. 26°C, pH 6.7, coll. H. K. Lua, 19 March 1992. – Selangor GoogleMaps : 1 male, Selangor, lake near Templer Park, coll. C. M. Yang, 15 November 1995, YCM77 ( ZRC) ; 1 male, 1 female, Selangor, 0.2 km from 45 km Tg. Malim – Sg. Besar Rd, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 18 September 1992 ( ZRC) . – Johor: 2 males, Sg. Selangi, coll. P. Ng et al., 22 April 1992 ( ZRC) .

Diagnosis. Body length: males 21.0–24.0, females 22.0–26.5; siphon length ca. 0.8–1.0× body length; lorum slightly lower than clypeus; vertex higher than eye, with low conical tubercle; eye width ca. 1.2× interocular width; space between middle coxae about 0.6× space between hind coxae; posterior margin of metasternum convex; hind femur, when folded back parallel to body, clearly surpassing apex of operculum (in males) or nearly reaching apex of operculum (in females); paramere slender, apical hook slender, strongly recurved, inner margin of hook without incipient elevation, tip of hook of paramere slightly expanded and rounded.

Distribution. Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Cambodia ( Lansbury, 1972; Tran & Polhemus, 2012;

Polhemus & Polhemus, 2013; Tran & Nguyen, 2016; Zettel et al., 2017).

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

RUPP

Royal University of Phnom Penh

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Nepidae

Genus

Ranatra

Loc

Ranatra thai Lansbury, 1972

Tran, A. D. & Zettel, H. 2021
2021
Loc

Ranatra longipes thai

Tran AD & Polhemus DA 2012: 102
Lansbury I 1972: 334
1972
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