Metrocoris tenuicornis Esaki, 1926

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

Metrocoris tenuicornis Esaki, 1926

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Metrocoristenuicornis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HBTb; Event: eventDate: 12.08.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 3 males (ap, ma); Taxon: scientificName: Metrocoristenuicornis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HQCy; Event: eventDate: 21.09.2017

Distribution

Metrocoris tenuicornis Esaki, 1926 (see Esaki 1926) (Fig. 9 E) is a widspread species in western India, southern China, mainland southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo, but only known so far from Mindoro and Greater Palawan, in the Philippines ( Chen and Nieser 1993, Freitag and Zettel 2012).

Taxon discussion

For identification, refer to Chen and Nieser (1993).

Habitat

Quiet bays of smoothly-flowing streams and the edge of large rocks in the middle of streams are the preferred habitats of Metrocoris Mayr, 1865 species ( Chen and Nieser 1993), such as the records presented here (Fig. 8 ).

Figures

Figure 8. Distribution of the collecting sites of Gerromorpha material (part 2) treated in this study.

Figure 9. Selected habitus illustrations of Gerromorpha of Mindoro A. Limnogonus nitidus; B. Limnometra nigripennis nigripennis; C. Tenagogonus sp. (mutilated specimen); D. Rheumatogonus luzonicus; E. Metrocoris tenuicornis. Scale bars 10 mm.