Aphelocheirus aestivalis ( Fabricius, 1794 )

Carbonell, José Antonio, Abellán, Pedro, Arribas, Paula, Elder, Jean François & Millán, Andrés, 2011, The genus Aphelocheirus Westwood, 1833 (Hemiptera: Aphelocheiridae) in the Iberian Peninsula, Zootaxa 2771, pp. 1-16 : 6

Aphelocheirus aestivalis ( Fabricius, 1794)

Short description: water bug with a flat, oval body and length between 8.5 and 10 mm ( Fig. 7 A). Colour: head, including antennae, yellowish, eyes blackish. Dorsally greyish thorax and abdomen, sometimes with broad yellowish lateral bands and yellowish marks in pronotum and abdomen. Yellow legs. Genitalia: both parameres with rounded heels ( Fig. 7 C,D). Penis with lateral spines in apical part ( Fig. 7 B).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Aphelocheirus aestivalis. A) habitus; B) penis (ventral and lateral view); C) Left paramere (dorsal and lateral view); D) right paramere.