New water strider species of Eurymetra from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae)
Zettel Herbert
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 15-22, 2020
Published online: 29th February 2020
Published in print: 15th June 2020
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Abstract: The Madagascan material of the halobatine genus EurymetraEsaki, 1926 (Hemiptera:
Heteroptera: Gerridae: Halobatinae), which is deposited at the Natural History
Museum Vienna, is revised. A close examination of “Eurymetra madagascariensis
Poisson, 1945” revealed two new species, Eurymetra santamariae sp. nov.
andEurymetra papaceki sp. nov. A definition of the newly established Eurymetra
madagascariensis species group is provided as well as keys to the freshwater
halobatine genera and to Eurymetra species known from Madagascar.
Key words: Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerridae, Halobatinae, Eurymetra,Eurymetropsielloides,
freshwater, taxonomy, new species, key, Madagascar, Afrotropical Region