Cercotmetus

<i>Cercotmetus</i>

Cercotmetus

Genus of true bugs

Cercotmetus[1][2] is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia.

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Description

Cercotmetus species are similar to the related genus Ranatra, but have distinctly shorter respiratory siphons (posterior breathing tubes, which are ¼ or less of the body length) and the front femur is shorter than length of the pronotum.[3]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[4]

  • Cercotmetus asiaticus Amyot & Serville, 1843 - type species
  • Cercotmetus brevipes Montandon, 1909
  • Cercotmetus compositus Montandon, 1903
  • Cercotmetus dissidens Montandon, 1911
  • Cercotmetus fumosus Distant, 1904
  • Cercotmetus horni Montandon, 1911
  • Cercotmetus minutus Keffer & J.Polhemus, 1999
  • Cercotmetus pilipes (Dallas, 1850)
  • Cercotmetus robustus Montandon, 1911
  • Cercotmetus strangulatus Montandon, 1911

References

  1. [1]
    Amyot CJ-B, Serville JGA (1843) (Roret's Suites à Buffon): Hémiptères
  2. [2]
    Lansbury I (1973) A review of the genus Cercotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Nepidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 116 [5] 83-106.
  3. [3]
    Chen P; Nieser N; Ho JZ (2004). "Review of Chinese Ranatrinae (Hemiptera: Nepidae), with descriptions of four new species of Ranatra Fabricius". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 147 (1): 81–102. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000142.
  4. [4]
    Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Cercotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843 (retrieved 13 January 2021)
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