Enithares timorensis Brooks, 1948

Polhemus, Dan A., 2020, Nine new species of Enithares (Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from New Guinea, with distributional notes on other species and an updated world checklist, Zootaxa 4772 (1), pp. 132-182 : 172-173

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.5
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scientific name	Enithares timorensis Brooks
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Enithares timorensis Brooks 1948: 50 View in CoL .

Material examined. INDONESIA, Nusa Tenggara Timur Prov.: 7 males, 21 females, 1 immature, Sumba, spring and stream below Waikabubak rd., 10 km. S. of Waingapu , 180 m . [9°41′03′′S, 120°12′17′′E], water temp. 28° C., 13 September 1991, CL 2597, D. A GoogleMaps . Polhemus & J. T. Polhemus ( BPBM) ; 1 male, 1 female, Sumba, Kambahapang River , 59 km. SW of Waingapu, 420 m . [9°39′14′′S, 119°49′22′′E], water temp. 25° C., 14 September 1991, CL 2599, D. A GoogleMaps . Polhemus & J. T. Polhemus ( BPBM) ; 1 male (dissected), 3 females, Sumba, Nusa Tenggara Timur Prov., Omang spring and stream, nr. Makamenggit , 30 km. SW of Waingapu, 475 m . [9°40′50′′S, 120°03′34′′E], water temp. 25° C., 14 September 1991, CL 2600, D. A GoogleMaps . Polhemus & J. T. Polhemus ( BPBM) ; 1 female, Timor, Lili River at Lili, nr. Camplong, 40 km. E. of Kupang , 60 m . [10°02′47′′S, 123°54′28′′E], water temp. 32° C., 11 September 1991, CL 2592, D. A GoogleMaps . Polhemus & J. T. Polhemus ( BPBM) ; 6 males, 7 females, Timor, spring and stream at Oe Hala, 10 km. N. of Soe , 685 m . [vic. 9°48′12′′S, 124°18′33′′E], water temp. 24° C., 11 September 1991, CL 2593, D. A GoogleMaps . Polhemus & J. T. Polhemus ( BPBM) ; 6 males, 9 females, 2 immatures, spring at Oe Noah , 840 m . [vic. 9°40′03′′S, 124°29′20′′E], 12 Sept. 1991, CL 2594, D. A GoogleMaps . Polhemus & J. T. Polhemus ( BPBM) ; 5 males, 7 females, Timor, spring at Oe Noulle, 9 km. N. of Soe , 685 m ., water temp. 25.5° C., 12 September 1991, CL 2596, D. A . Polhemus & J. T. Polhemus ( BPBM) . EAST TIMOR, Ainaro Dist.: 1 male, spring in native eucalyptus forest along road to Turiscai, 4.7 km. N. of Maubisse , 1390 m., 8°49′09′′S, 125°38′18′′E, water temp. 19° C., 12 November 2003, 16:00–17:00 hrs. and 13 November 2003, 08:00–09:00 hrs., D. A GoogleMaps . Polhemus ( USNM) ; 1 male, 1 female, Saru River below road, 1 km. SW of Maubisse, 1240–1285 m., 8°50′15′′S, 125°35′32′′E, water temp. 20 °C., 2 September 2004, 12:30–15:30 hrs., CL 7312, D. A GoogleMaps . Polhemus ( USNM) .

Discussion. Enithares timorensis occurs on both Timor and Sumba, and is relatively widespread and abundant in the limnocrene springs that discharge from the upland limestone formations of those islands.