Amemboa lyra
Creators: name: Polhemus, J. T.
name: Tran, A. D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Gerridae
Amemboa
Amemboa lyra

description: <i>Amemboa lyra</i> (Paiva, 1918) (Figs. 1, 2) <i>Onychotrechus lyra</i> Paiva, 1918: 24–25, pl. 8:3 (type locality: Taung-gya, Southern Shan State, Myanmar). <i>Amemboa</i> (s.str.) <i>lyra</i> (Paiva); Polhemus &amp; Andersen, 1984: 90, Figs. 65, 73–75 (systematics, transferred <i>Onychotrechus lyra</i> to <i>Amemboa</i>); Zettel &amp; Chen, 1996: 156–157 (synonymized <i>Amemboa riparia</i> with <i>Amemboa lyra</i>). <b>Material examined.</b> MYANMAR: <b>Mandalay Division</b>: 3 males, 3 females (apterous), Maymyo Township, Gelaung River at Pwe Kauk Falls, 8 km. E. of Maymyo, 1005 m., 22°03.523' N, 96°31.956' E, water temp. 24.5° C., coll. D.A. &amp; J. T. Polhemus, 19 Oct. 1998, CL 4012 (JTPC); 5 males, 7 females (apterous), 1 female (macropterous), Maymyo Township, small clear stream nr. Paungdaw Village, Maymyo Reserved Forest, 8 km. S. of Maymyo, 975 m., 21°58.199' N, 96°25.840' E, water temp. 22.5°C, coll. D.A. &amp; J. T. Polhemus, 20 Oct. 1998, 16:30–17:30 hrs., CL 4014 (JTPC, 1 apterous male &amp; 2 apterous females in ZRC). <b>Shan Division</b>: 1 male (apterous), spring and streams nr. Shwelinban village, NE of Inle Lake, 4.5 km. NE of Nyaungshwe, 900 m., 20°41.657' N, 96°57.759' E, water temp. 22.5°C, coll. D.A. &amp; J. T. Polhemus, 23 Oct. 1998, CL 4018 (JTPC). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Size: males: length 3.80–4.00, width 1.30–1.50 (apterous); females: length 4.15–4.60, width 1.60–1.80 (apterous), length 5.00, width 1.80 (macropterous). Mesosternum about 9.0 times as long as metasternum. Antennal segment 1 with 5 spines along its length and 3–4 spines near apex. Male’s fore leg: femur moderately incrassate, basal part with an elongate patch of hairs, with a tuft of long black hairs near middle, and at distal ¼ with a tuft of shorter hairs; tibia slightly curved and thickened at basal &amp;frac13;, inner side with a long patch of brown hairs (Fig. 1). Male genitalia: pygophore with a well-developed median process, postero-lateral corners produced into small lobes (Fig. 2); lateral arms of proctiger distinctly curved near basal, then broadened in the middle and abruptly narrowed at distal &amp;frac13;. Female: sternum 7 slightly longer than all preceding sterna combined, hind margin with long yellowish hairs; tergum 8 with hind margin slightly emarginated, hair tufts on postero-lateral corners indistinct. <b>Remarks.</b> See Remarks for <i>A. riparia</i>. <b>Distribution.</b> Myanmar.
description: Published as part of <i>Polhemus, J. T. &amp; Tran, A. D., 2012, Taxonomic notes on Amemboa lyra Paiva and Amemboa riparia Polhemus &amp; Andersen (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae), pp. 54-58 in Zootaxa 3341</i> on pages 54-55
description: {"references": ["Paiva, C. A. (1918) Aquatic Rhynchota from the Southern Shan States. Records of the Indian Museum, 14, 19 - 32.", "Polhemus, J. T. &amp; Andersen, N. M. (1984) A revision of Amemboa Esaki with notes on the phylogeny and ecological evolution of eotrechine water striders (Insecta, Hemiptera, Gerridae). Steenstrupia, 10 (3), 65 - 111."]}