Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) desertana Distant, 1920

Figs 1F, 3D–F

Micronecta desertana Distant, 1920: 206 (type locality: Hurmuk, Persian side of Perso-Afghan-Baluch boundary, Iran).

Micronecta desertana concanensis Hutchinson, 1940: 390–392, figs 160–163.

Micronecta desertana dravida Hutchinson, 1940: 392–394, figs 164–167.

Micronecta desertana – Hutchinson 1933: 398. — Chen 1960: 104 (key). — Wróblewski 1968: 775 (subspecies list); 1972a: 42, 50, figs 57, 63 (additional notes, key). — Nieser 2000: 286 (key).

Micronecta desertana desertana – Hutchinson 1940: figs 152–159 (additional description). — Jansson 1995: 29 (catalogue).

Micronecta desertana concanensis – Wróblewski 1972a: 42 (downgraded to “form”).

Micronecta desertana dravida – Wróblewski 1967: 236, figs 6–8 (first record for Vietnam).

Diagnosis

Body length 1.2–2.4. Pronotum about as long as median head length, slightly narrower than head width. Hemelytron (Fig. 1F) generally pale, with four indistinct, broken longitudinal brownish stripes.

Males: fore femur with a row of seven spines in proximal and middle third; fore tibia with three spines distally; palar claw narrow, apical part slightly recurved. Median lobe of sternite VII with two long setae and a pointed apex. Free lobe sub-rectangular, posterior margin nearly straight, angles rounded, lateral angle with ca eight long setae (Fig. 3D). Left paramere: shaft styliform, apical part slightly constricted

but not twisted (Fig. 3F). Right paramere: shaft evenly curved, from distal fourth tapering towards narrowly rounded apex (Fig. 3E).

Material examined

VIETNAM – Hanoi • 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Ba Vi N.P., Khoang Xanh, Tien stream; 95 m a.s.l.; 27 Apr. 2012; Q.H. Ngo and A.D. Tran leg.; TAD1208; ZVNU . – Thanh Hoa Prov. • 4 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Ben En N.P., Nhu Xuan, Xuan Quy, Song Chang ranger station, Khe Xa Manh stream, under Xa Manh bridge; 12 Mar. 2013; T.D. Pham leg.; BE1311; ZVNU . – Quang Binh Prov. • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Phong Nha, a stream W of Forest ranger station No.4; 15 Aug. 2001; A.D. Tran leg.; VNQB0103; ZRC .

Distribution

Vietnam: Ninh Binh (Cuc Phuong) (Wróblewski 1967); first records from Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, Quang Binh. Other countries: India, Iran (Wróblewski 1968).

Remarks

See Remarks under M. sahlbergi .