Amemboa speciosa J. Polhemus & Andersen 1984
Creators: name: Leng, Zhaoqi
name: Zhang, Beichen
name: Jin, Zezhong
name: Ye, Zhen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Gerridae
Amemboa
Amemboa speciosa

description: Amemboa speciosa J. Polhemus & Andersen, 1984
Figs 2 J, 3 I, 6 J, 7 I, 8 I, 9 I, 10 I, 11 I, 12 J, 18
Material examined.
5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ (apterous), China, Hainan Province, Dan-zhou City, Lan-yang Town, Lian-hua-ling; 19 ° 27 ' 6.8 " N, 109 ° 38 ' 48.5 " E; 213 m a. s. l.; 21 Jul. 2017; Zhen Ye leg. (NKUM) • 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ (apterous), China, Hainan Province, Ling-shui County, Da-xing Waterfall; 18 ° 43 ' 54.9 " N, 109 ° 57 ' 1.0 " E; 170 m a. s. l.; 8 Aug. 2017; Zhen Ye leg. (NKUM) • 4 ♂♂ (apterous), China, Hainan Province, Qiong-zhong County, Chang-xing Village; 18 ° 48 ' 04.2 " N, 110 ° 4 ' 38.2 " E; 158 m a. s. l.; 11 Aug. 2017; Zhen Ye leg. (NKUM) • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (apterous), China, Hainan Province, Chang-jiang County, Ba-wang-ling Nature Reserve; 19 ° 5 ' 0.2 " N, 109 ° 13 ' 34.0 " E; 457 m a. s. l.; 25 Jul. 2017; Zhen Ye leg. (NKUM) • 1 ♂ (apterous), China, Hainan Province, Qiong-zhong County, Beng-ling Village; 18 ° 46 ' 42.7 " N, 109 ° 50 ' 29.3 " E; 253 m a. s. l.; 8 Aug. 2017; Zhen Ye leg. (NKUM) • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (apterous), China, Yunnan Province, Hong-he Autonomous Prefecture, Lv-chun County, Huang-lian-shan; 22 ° 53 ' 7.0 " N, 102 ° 16 ' 16.2 " E; 1500–1800 m a. s. l.; 22 Apr. 2011; Rui Wang leg. (NKUM) • 6 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀ (apterous), China, Yunnan Province, Wen-shan Autonomous Prefecture, Ma-guan County, Bao-bao-zhai Village; 22 ° 53 ' 7.8 " N, 104 ° 10 ' 59.9 " E; 813 m a. s. l.; 8 Aug. 2020; Zhen Ye leg. (NKUM) • 4 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ (apterous), China, Yunnan Province, Lin-cang City, Cang-yuan County, Ban-hong Town, Nan-gun-he; 23 ° 17 ' 46.7 " N, 99 ° 6 ' 18.6 " E; 7 May 2011; Zhen Ye leg. (NKUM) • 8 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ (apterous), China, Yunnan Province, Xi-shuang-ban-na Autonomous Prefecture, Jing-hong City, Man-he-hui Waterfall; 21 ° 53 ' 49.5 " N, 100 ° 46 ' 3.0 " E; 603 m a. s. l.; 23 Nov. 2018; Zhen Ye leg. (NKUM).
Diagnosis.
Color pattern as shown in Figs 2 J, 3 I, 12 J. Males: profemur incrassate (Fig. 6 J); ventral side of the profemur with two tufts of dark setae on the apical 1 / 2 and an additional large, elongate crest of dark setae on basal 1 / 2 (Fig. 6 J); protibia slightly curved and with an indistinct tumescence medially (Fig. 6 J); abdominal segment VIII relatively long (Fig. 7 I); pygophore posteriorly with a median broad triangular process in ventral view, without other special modifications (Figs 8 I, 9 I); median process of pygophore relatively broad in lateral view (Figs 10 I, 11 I). Lateral arm of proctiger relatively simple, tapering towards narrow apex in ventral and lateral views (Figs 8 I, 10 I), relatively broadened proximally and without subapical process in lateral view (Fig. 10 I).
Comparative notes.
Amemboa speciosa J. Polhemus & Andersen, 1984 is most similar to A. intermedia Zettel & Chen, 1996; see comparative notes in Zettel and Chen (1996).
Distribution.
China: Hainan, Yunnan (Fig. 18). Thailand (Zettel and Chen 1997); Laos (Zettel 1998); Vietnam (Polhemus and Andersen 1984).
description: Published as part of Leng, Zhaoqi, Zhang, Beichen, Jin, Zezhong & Ye, Zhen, 2024, Taxonomic review of Amemboa Esaki, 1925 from China, with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerridae), pp. 1-28 in ZooKeys 1210 on pages 1-28, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1210.125611