Water bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Himalayan and sub-Himalayan regions of West Bengal, India

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Published: Nov 12, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3060.10.12.12619-12714
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Darjeeling, eastern Himalaya, Heteroptera, Jalpaiguri, water bugs, West Bengal

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Srimoyee Basu
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5536-7035
Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9076-5442
Kumrapuram Apadodharanan Subramanian
Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600028, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0872-9771
Goutam Kumar Saha
Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9754-5458

Abstract

The present study reports a total of 61 Species belonging to 34 genera and 14 families from Darjeeling Himalaya and Jalpaiguri sub Himalaya regions of West Bengal.  The study documented 11 new species to science, which were already published, 15 new records to the state and one new record to India. The study showed that the Nepomorphan families are mostly restricted to the slow flowing or to the stagnant ecosystems like ponds or lakes and the running waters are dominated mainly by the Gerromorpha. The key to all family, genera and species of aquatic Hemiptera are provided with their distribution in India and globally.  The description of all species with their detail photographs and distribution map were also presented here. The diagnostic characters supported with photographs for each species are also presented here.

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Vol. 10 No. 12 (2018)
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Goutam Kumar Saha, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019, India

Professor, Department of Zoology

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