Leotichius speluncularum China , 1941

Polhemus, John T. & Polhemus, Dan A., 2012, Guide To The Aquatic Heteroptera Of Singapore And Peninsular Malaysia. Viii. Leptopodomorpha, Families Saldidae, Leptopodidae, And Omaniidae, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (2), pp. 329-341 : 332

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5348097

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5449288

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scientific name

Leotichius speluncularum China , 1941
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Leotichius speluncularum China, 1941 View in CoL

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Leotichius speluncularum China, 1941: 200 have also provided a colour photograph of the similar species L. shiva J. Polhemus & Schuh, 1995 ( Fig. 8 View Fig ), which occurs along the margins of ant lion pits on Bali (J. Polhemus & Schuh, 1995), to more clearly depict the unique structure and colouration of this unusual genus.

China, W. E., 1941. A new species of Leotichius (Hemiptera Heteroptera Leotichiidae) living in caves in Malaya. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 10: 200 - 202.

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Fig. 5. Leotichius speluncularum, dorsal habitus (after China, 1941).

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Figs. 6, 7. Leotichius speluncularum, details of male genitalia: 6, paramere; 7, endosoma (after China, 1941).

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Fig. 8. Leotichius shiva, dorsal habitus. Specimen from Indonesia, Bali, Pura Kehen temple, CL 2169.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Leptopodidae

Genus

Leotichius