Ranatra parmata Mayr 1865
Creators: name: Tran, A. D.
name: Zettel, H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Nepidae
Ranatra
Ranatra parmata

description: <i>Ranatra parmata</i> Mayr, 1865 <i>Ranatra parmata</i> Mayr, 1865: 446 (type locality: Java). — Lansbury, 1972: 298–299 (redescription). — D. Polhemus &amp; J. Polhemus, 2013: 33–34 (diagnosis, distribution records). <b>Type material examined.</b> <b>Holotype</b> (female, NHMW), “Novara Exp / Jawa.” (hand-writing label, also with labels showing it was det. by Mayr and det. by Lansbury). <b>Additional material examined.</b> MYANMAR: 1 female (NHMW), Sagaing Division, Alaungdaw Katthapa National Park, Pagoda Stream, 400 m a.s.l., 22°18′33.6″N, 94°27′40.74″E, coll. D. Boukal et al., 6 May 2003. THAILAND: 1 male (ZRC), Narathiwat Province, Nam Tok Sipo, downstream, coll. H.H. Tan et al., 24 October 1998, THH9891/LHK407; 1 female (ZRC), Phuket, Nam Tok Kathun, coll. P.K.L. Ng &amp; H.H. Tan, 8 April 1999, THH9917; 1 male, 2 females (NHMW), Sakhon Nakhon Province, Phu Pan N.P., 480–520 m a.s.l., coll. P. Schwendinger, 7–8 December 1995; 2 females (NHMW), Phetchabun Province, 36 km SE Sila, N Ban Nam Nao, Ban Pala Yai, coll. H. Zettel, 25 November 1995; 1 female (NHMW), Phrae Province, 50 km NE Phrae, Huai Kaet, Kaet river, coll. H. Zettel, 17–18 November 1995; 1 male (NHMW), Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Dao, Ban Yang Thung Pong, 500 m a.s.l., coll. H. Zettel, 8 November 1995; 3 males, 1 female (NHMW), Chonburi, Ko Chang, 12°02′N, 102°18′E, coll. F. Seyfert, 26 October–3 November 2002; 4 males, 2 females (NHMW), Khon Kaen Province, Nam Phong N.P., Huai Khae, stream, 250 m a.s.l., coll. H. Zettel &amp; N. Tubtim, 9 January 2009; 1 male (NHMW), Khon Kaen Province, Phu Wiang N.P., Huai Bong, stream, pools, 260 m a.s.l., coll. H. Zettel &amp; N. Tubtim, 11 January 2009; 1 male (NHMW), Khon Kaen Province, Phu Wiang N.P., Tad Fa Waterfall, stream, 540 m a.s.l., coll. H. Zettel &amp; N. Tubtim, 11 January 2009. MALAYSIA (West): <b>Kedah:</b> 1 male, 1 female (NHMW), Central Langkawi, Air Tejun, near Kampung Buku, small stream, coll. H. Zettel, 22 November 2006 [published in Zettel &amp; Tran, 2009]. <b>Perlis:</b> 1 male (ZRC), Perlis, Kg. Wang Kelian, Sg. Burma, coll. H.K. Lua, 20 December 2000, LHK0439. <b>Selangor:</b> 1 male, 1 female (ZRC), Selangor, Ulu Yam, in stream, coll. T.M. Leong &amp; G. Lim, 20 September 2002; 2 males, 1 female, 1 nymph (ZRC), Selangor, Ulu Gombak, upland pond nr. send bridge, coll. C.M. Yang et al., 16 November 1995, YCM87; 1 male (ZRC), Selangor, Sg. Gombak tributary, Ulu Gombak, coll. H.K. Lua et al., 5 May 1996, LHK0303; 1 male (ZRC), Selangor, Ulu Gombak, coll. H.K. Lua et al., 6 May 1996, LHK0304. MALAYSIA (East): <b>Sarawak:</b> 1 male, 1 female (ZRC), Sarawak, Ulu Katibas, coll. Y.Y. Goh, 14 November 1997, GYY027; 3 males, 3 females (ZRC), Sarawak, Sg. Engkabang?, coll. Y.Y. Goh, 17 &amp; 19 November 1997, GYY034; 1 male (ZRC), Sarawak, Sg. Menyarin, coll. Y.Y. Goh, 15 November 1997, GYY028; 1 male (NHMW), ca 40 km SE Kapit, Rumah Ugap Ng, marating bene Kapit Sut, coll. J. Kodada, 3 April 1994; 1 female (NHMW), Kelabit Highlands, 5 km E Bareo, Pa Ukat, c. 1,000 m a.s.l., river, coll. M. Jäch, 1 March 1993. <b>Sabah:</b> 2 males (ZRC), Danum, coll. H.H. Tan, 2 October 1996, THH96123; 1 female (ZRC), Maliau Basin, Heath forest stream, coll. T.B. Lim &amp; K.L. Yeo, 22 May 1996; 1 male (ZRC), Sandakan, Sepilok, Sepilok-Kabili Forest Reserve, Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sungei “Kingfisher” cascade, coll. H.H. Tan, 14 May 2019, THH19-19. INDONESIA: <b>East Kalimantan:</b> 2 males (ZRC), Mahakam basin, Sg. Lorni, coll. H.H. Tan, 24 March 2000, THH0016; 1 female (ZRC), Mahakam basin, feeder to Sg. Hajuq, coll. H.H. Tan, 29 March 2000, THH0022; 1 male (ZRC), Kayan basin, Sg. I’sau, coll. H.H. Tan, 26 November 1999, THH99102; 1 female (ZRC), Kalimantan Timur, Makaham subdistrict, Sg. Lomi and feeder streams, coll. H.H. Tan, 22 March 2000, THH0011. <b>Nias:</b> 1 female (NHMW), South Nias, Lahusa, Gomo, 0–300 m a.s.l., coll. M. Jäch, 9–11 February 1990. <b>Java:</b> 1 female (NHMW), Badang, [18]96, Cons. Schild. <b>Bali:</b> 2 females (NHMW), Baturiti, coll. M. Jäch, 1 February 1988. <b>Lombok:</b> 1 female (NHMW), Pemenang, coll. M. Jäch, 19 February 1988. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Body length: males 30–33, females 34–37; ratio of siphon length: body length ca. 0.3–0.35; lorum lower than clypeus and without nodule dorsally; ratio of eye width: interocular width ca. 0.7; posterior width of pronotum ca. 1.25× anterior width; pronotal length ca. 1.7× fore coxa length; hemelytra reaching posterior margin of abdominal tergum VI; posterior margin of metasternum emarginated, with very narrow sublateral grooves, sometimes indistinct; fore femur on flexor side with a median tooth and a median carina, without pre-apical tooth; hind femur, when folded back parallel to body reaching about mid-length of abdominal sternum VI (in both sexes); paramere: ventral side before apical hook with large process bearing pointed tip nearly touching apical hook, hook relatively short with pointed tip. <b>Distribution.</b> Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China (Hainan), Andaman Islands, Langkawi Island, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo (Sabah, East Kalimantan), Nias, Sumatra, Java, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba (Lansbury, 1972; J. Polhemus &amp; Starmühlner, 1990; Zettel &amp; Tran, 2009; D. Polhemus &amp; J. Polhemus, 2013; Tran &amp; Nguyen, 2016; Tran &amp; Poggi, 2019). First records for Sarawak (Borneo) and Bali.
description: Published as part of <i>Tran, A. D. &amp; Zettel, H., 2021, Taxonomic review of the Ranatra gracilis group sensu Lansbury, 1972 (Nepomorpha: Nepidae), with descriptions of four new species, pp. 45-70 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69</i> on pages 65-66, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2021-0005, http://zenodo.org/record/5351678
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