Anisops occipitalis Breddin, 1905

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 : 167-168

Anisops occipitalis Breddin, 1905

1905. Anisops occipitalis Breddin, Mitteil. Naturh. Mus. Hamburg ,

20: 152.

Material examined: 5782/H15, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Laddemthring Pond, Demthring Village, West Jaintia Hills , Meghalaya ,

9.iii.2016, 1361 m asl, 25.43447° N, 92.18622° E, E.E. Jehamalar.

Diagnosis: This species can easily be identified by its large size. Body length: male 8.18 mm, female 7.70 mm to 7.98 mm. The anterior region of head slightly truncate medially; synthlipsis wide; rostral prong having a depression medially and the prong is longer than the third rostral segment; the third rostral segment with a posterior protrusion; tylus is swollen; labrum is covered with short setae.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Great Nicobar Island) ( Jehamalar & Chandra, 2013b) and Meghalaya (West Jaintia Hills). Elsewhere: Australia, southeast China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan ( Zettel et al., 2012).