Amemboa (s. str.) laotica Zettel, 1998

Zettel, Herbert, Yang, Chang Man & Tran, A. D., 2007, Two New Species Of Amemboa Subgenus Amemboides (Heteroptera: Gerridae) From China And Laos, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (2), pp. 223-229 : 228

Amemboa (s. str.) laotica Zettel, 1998

Additional material examined. – 6 males, 3 females (apterous), 11 males, 13 females (macropterous), Laos centr., Khammouan prov., Ban Khoun Ngeun env., 18°07'N 104°29'E, alt. 250 m, coll. E. Jendek & P. Pacholatko, 4–16. Nov., 25–30 Nov.2000 ( NHMW, PPCC, ZRC) .

Remarks. – Amemboa laotica was originally described from six apterous specimens from Saravan Province in Laos ( Zettel, 1998). The series from Ban Khoun Ngeun is distinctly lighter in colour than the type specimens, especially in the apterous females where the dorsal pattern of the head and thorax is completely faded. Notes on the hitherto unknown macropterous morph: body length of macropterous males exclusive of wings 4.4–4.8 mm, inclusive of wings 4.7–5.2 mm; of macropterous females exclusive of wings 4.4–5.0 mm, inclusive of wings 4.7–5.6 mm. The foreleg of the macropterous male is less incrassate than in the apterous morph. The macropterous female has two tufts of long bristles on tergite 8.