Indian Journal of Entomology

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  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue: 4

New Reports of Semi-Aquatic Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha)

  • Author:
  • S Ranjini1,*
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Feb 18, 2026
  • Page Number: 943 to 945

1Research and Postgraduate Department of Zoology, St. Thomas’ College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala, India

*Email: drranjinis@gmail.com (corresponding author)

Online Published on 18 February, 2026.

Abstract

Seven new reports of gerromorphs viz., Metrocoris darjeelingensis (Basu, Polhemus and Subramanian, 2016); Naboandelus signatus (Distant, 1910); Microvelia (Dilutovelia) leveillei leveillei (Lethierry, 1877); Microvelia (Microvelia) diluta (Distant, 1909); Thirumalaia ocularis (Zettel and Laciny, 2021); Mesovelia horvathi (Lundblad, 1934) and Timasius fenestratus (Zettel, 2013) are recorded for the first time from Kerala, India. The current distribution data of these bugs are provided.

Keywords

Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Systematics, Gerromorpha, Gerridae, Veliidae, Mesoveliidae, Hebridae, Aquatic habitat, Water bugs, Kerala