Neoalardus typicus (Distant, 1903)

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

Neoalardus typicus (Distant, 1903)

1903. Alardus typicus Distant, Fascicula Malayenses, Zool. , 2: 219.

1912. Neoalardus typicus (Distant) : Distant, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 9 (8): 471.

Material examined: 8851/H15, 1 apt. ♀, Bhogai River, Dalu Village, West Garo Hills , Meghalaya, 10.vi.2016, 25 m asl, 25.20213° N, 90.25153° E, E.E. Jehamalar .

Diagnosis: Body length 4.49 mm; body setiferous; femora of all legs beyond middle with a brown mark, hind tibia subbasally and fore and mid tibia both subbasally and subapically with brown marks; thorax near posterolateral region of pronotum with silvery white patch; tergum II anteromedially with a narrow silvery white patch; terga IV, VI and VII with a pair of median silvery white patch; silvery white patch on the posterior margin of tergum VII continued up to posterior region of tergum VIII; connexivum laterally yellowish brown.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (North Andaman) ( Polhemus & Starmühlner, 1990) and Meghalaya (West Garo Hills). Elsewhere: Thailand, China (Hainan), Indonesia (Sumatra), Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia ( Zettel, 1998; Andersen et al., 2002).