Aphelocheirus occidentalis Nieser & Millán, 1989

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 : 5

Aphelocheirus occidentalis Nieser & Millán, 1989

Short description: water bug with a flat, oval body and length between 9.2 and 9.8 mm ( Fig. 4 A). The principal difference between other Aphelocheirus species is the form of the abdominal conexives 3 to 5, which are very long and pointed. Colour: head, including antennae, yellowish, eyes blackish, anterior and posterior margin dorsally blackish. Dorsally dark greyish thorax and abdomen with narrow yellowish margins. Yellow legs. Genitalia: both parameres with rounded heel ( Fig. 4 C,D). Penis without lateral spines in apical part ( Fig. 4 B).

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FIGURE 4. Aphelocheirus occidentalis. A) habitus; B) penis (ventral and lateral view); C) Left paramere (dorsal and lateral view); D) right paramere.