Hydrometra okinawana Drake, 1951

Jehamalar, E. Eyarin & Chandra, Kailash, 2020, New records of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Mainland India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (2), pp. 167-170 : 168

Hydrometra okinawana Drake, 1951

1951. Hydrometra okinawana Drake, Bull. South. Calif. Acad.

Sci., 50 (2): 101.

Material examined: 8850/H15, 1 brachypterous ♂, Fishery Pond, Kumaligaon Village, South West Garo Hills , Meghalaya, 16.vi.2016, 15 m asl, 25.50533° N ,

89.90559° E, E.E. Jehamalar.

Diagnosis: Body length: 8.51 mm; the anteclypeus is long, conical and has pointed tip; the seventh abdominal sternum of the male anterolaterally with a pair of thorn-like process on each side; the caudal process of the male is short.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Great Nicobar Island) ( Jehamalar & Chandra, 2014a) and Meghalaya (South West Garo Hills). Elsewhere: Borneo, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand ( Yang & Zettel, 2005).