Anisops kuroiwae Matsumura, 1915

Pelingen, Arthien Lovell, Zettel, Herbert, Pangantihon, Clister V, Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique, Fatallo, Earl Kevin, de Leon, Jemillie Madonna & Freitag, Hendrik, 2020, Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera), Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 56883-56883 : 56883

Anisops kuroiwae Matsumura, 1915

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 male (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Anisopskuroiwae; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TR2(L); Event: eventDate: 03.07.2017

Distribution

The species (Fig. 4 E) is known from Luzon, Catanduanes, Leyte, Mindoro (with an additional record, see Fig. 5 ), Negros, Palawan, Burias, Bohol, Panay, Samar, Siargao and Mindanao ( Zettel et al. 2012). It is also a widespread species in the Oriental realm with records from India, southern China, Iriomote (off Japan), Melaka, and Batu Berendam, Malaysia ( Nieser 2004).

Taxon discussion

For identification, refer to the key by Zettel (2003a) and the original description ( Matsumura 1915).

Habitat

The single specimen was collected using a light trap not allowing for a specific microhabitat association. In general, representatives of this genus are found in isolated side pools (Fig. 3 A) of streams and other stagnant water bodies ( Zettel 2003a).

Figures

Figure 3. Microhabitats sampled with their respective label codes, as listed above. A. side pool with mineral deposits (" t "); B. littoral pool with mineral deposits (" b "); C. bottom gravel in running water (" c "); D. leaf packs trapped in riffles (" d "); E. leaf litter in rivulet (" k "); F. rock surface in riffle (" g "); G. root packs in running water (" h "); H. neustic in running water (" z ").

Figure 4. Habitus illustrations of Nepomorpha of Mindoro A. Ranatra sp. (R. gracilis group); B. Ochterus polhemusi; C. Asthenocoris luzonensis paradisianus; D. Aphelocheirus (s. str) freitagi; E. Anisops kuroiwae; F. Anisops rhomboides; G. Enithares martini mindoroensis; H. Hydrotrephes stereoides mindoroensis. Scale bars A 10 mm B-H 1 mm. A & C © NHMW Hemiptera Image Collection / photo: H. Bruckner, printed with permission.

Figure 5. Distribution of the collecting sites of Nepomorpha material treated in this study.