Micronecta (Pardanecta) haliploides Horváth, 1904

Figs 13K, 20

Sigara punctata Fieber, 1844: 15, pl. 1 fig. 26 (type locality uncertain; junior homonym of Sigara punctata Illiger, 1807).

Micronecta haliploides Horváth, 1904: 594–595 (type locality: Colombo, Sri Lanka).

Micronecta inflatula Breddin, 1905a: 57 (type locality: Java, Indonesia).

Micronecta pardalina Breddin, 1905a: 57 (type locality: Java, Indonesia).

Micronecta merope Distant, 1910: 351, 352 (type locality: Bengal, Canning, Rajshai).

Micronecta haliploides – Kirkaldy 1908: 209 (checklist). — Distant 1906: 50–51 (diagnosis). — Lundblad 1933b: 104–109, 113, fig. 35, pl. IV, pl. XVIII fig. 3 (rediscription, key). — Nieser 2002b: 265, 267, fig. 5 (key, notes). — Buzzetti et al. 2006: 34 (nomenclatural notes).

Micronecta punctata – Chen 1960: 117 (synonymised Micronecta haliploides Horváth, 1904 with M. punctata (Fieber, 1844); synonymised M. inflatula and M. merope with M. punctata). — Wróblewski 1962: 177–178 (redescription, assigned to subgenus Pardanecta); 1967: 239–240 (additional habitat notes); 1968: 776 (synonymy list). — Fernando 1964: 609, figs 16, 26, 38 (diagnosis). — Leong 1966: 85, 88. (notes, key).

Micronecta inflatula – Breddin 1905b: 156, 159 (key, additonal notes).

Micronecta pardalina – Breddin 1905b: 156, 158–159 (description).

Diagnosis

Body length 2.4–3.3. Pronotum slightly shorter than median head length. Dorsum generally greyish. Pronotum with a transverse brown stripe, sometimes broken in the middle. Hemelytron with numerous dark brown spots; embolium with three dark spots.

Males: Fore femur, palar claw (Fig. 20A), median lobe of sternite VII, and free lobe (Fig. 20B) as in diagnosis of subgenus. Fore tibia with two spines ventrodistally. Left paramere: shaft stout, with knoblike apex; basal lobe tongue-shaped, directed towards apex of paramere (Fig. 20D). Right paramere: shaft relatively slender, curved at distal third, slightly widened, then tapering towards a narrowly rounded apex (Fig. 20C).

Material examined

VIETNAM – Ninh Binh Prov. • 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀; Gia Vien, Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve; 25 Aug. 2002; Q.K. Hoang and V.K. Dinh leg.; VNNB0201; ZRC . – Binh Dinh Prov. • 5 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀; Phu My District, Tra O Lagoon; 10 May 2012; A.D. Tran leg.; TAD1216; ZVNU . – Dong Nai Prov. • 1 ♀; Cat Tien N.P., Bau Sau ( Crocodile Lake); 13 Nov. 2009; A.D. Tran leg.; TAD0910; ZVNU • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Vinh Cuu, Ma Da, Bo Hao lotus pond; 15 Apr. 2010; T.D. Pham leg.; PTD1010; ZVNU . – Ba Ria-Vung Tau Prov. • 4 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Con Dao, Dam Trau area, Ong Ta stream; 13 Apr. 2010; A.D. Tran et al. leg.; TAD1009; ZVNU . – Ca Mau Prov. • 1 ♀; U Minh District, Khanh An commune, 14 hamlet; 17 Apr. 2018; T.A.N. Nguyen leg.; CM1819; ZVNU .

Distribution

Vietnam: Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Ha Tinh (Wróblewski 1962, 1967, as M. punctata); first records for Ninh Binh and southern provinces of Vietnam. Other countries: widespread from India and Sri Lanka through Southeast Asian mainland to Sumatra, Java, and Bali (Nieser 2002b).

Remarks

Micronecta haliploides can immediately be recognised by the distinct dark spots scattered on the hemelytra. In this species the knob-like apex of the left paramere is also unique within Micronecta .