Notes on Ptilomera agriodes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from Eastern Ghats, India

Authors

  • J. Deepa Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telangana 500048, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9999-6025
  • A. Narahari Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telangana 500048, India.
  • M. Karuthapandi Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telangana 500048, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3799-4793
  • S. Jadhav Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telangana 500048, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3799-4793
  • C. Shiva Shankar Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telangana 500048, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8273-3985

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4745.12.4.15510-15513

Keywords:

Aquatic Hemiptera, Eastern Ghats, Ptilomera agriodes, stream, waterfall

Abstract

The present study reports an aquatic hemipteran species Ptilomera agriodes (Schmidt, 1926) distributed in different streams and waterfalls of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for the first time.

 

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26-03-2020

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Vol. 12 No. 4 (2020)

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