Nychia sappho Kirkaldy, 1901

Nieser, Nico, Chen, Ping-ping & Yang, Chang Man, 2005, A New Subgenus And Six New Species Of Nepomorpha (Insecta: Heteroptera) From Yunnan, China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53 (2), pp. 189-209 : 207

Nychia sappho Kirkaldy , new record

Nychia marshalli var. sappho Kirkaldy, 1901b: 809-810 .

Nychia sappho - Lansbury 1985: 4-9 (redescription, synonymy).

Material examined. – CHINA: Yunnan, Menglun, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic garden, Lily pond, botanical garden, 25 May.2000, coll. L. Cheng, 2 males, 2 females, brachypterous, 5 larvae ( CAS, ZRC). First record for China .

Distribution. – N Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Burma, SW China.

Remarks. – Nychia limpida Stål, 1859 , was described from Whampoa island, Guangdong, China. It is known only by the holotype which is such a poor condition that, according to Lansbury (1985: 1-2) “It is inpractical to propose N. limpida as a prior name for species described post 1859. The relationship of limpida to other species of Nychia must remain speculative until additional material is available from mainland China.”