Cercotmetus
| Cercotmetus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Nepoidea |
| Family: | Nepidae |
| Subfamily: | Ranatrinae |
| Genus: | Cercotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
Cercotmetus[1][2] is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia.
Description
Cercotmetus species are similar to the related genus Ranatra, but have distinctly shorter respiratory siphons (posterior breathing tubes, which are ¼ or less of the body length) and the front femur is shorter than length of the pronotum.[3]
Species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[4]
- Cercotmetus asiaticus Amyot & Serville, 1843 - type species
- Cercotmetus brevipes Montandon, 1909
- Cercotmetus compositus Montandon, 1903
- Cercotmetus dissidens Montandon, 1911
- Cercotmetus fumosus Distant, 1904
- Cercotmetus horni Montandon, 1911
- Cercotmetus minutus Keffer & J.Polhemus, 1999
- Cercotmetus pilipes (Dallas, 1850)
- Cercotmetus robustus Montandon, 1911
- Cercotmetus strangulatus Montandon, 1911
References
- ^ Amyot CJ-B, Serville JGA (1843) (Roret's Suites à Buffon): Hémiptères
- ^ Lansbury I (1973) A review of the genus Cercotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Nepidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 116 [5] 83-106.
- ^ Chen P; Nieser N; Ho JZ (2004). "Review of Chinese Ranatrinae (Hemiptera: Nepidae), with descriptions of four new species of Ranatra Fabricius". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 147 (1): 81–102. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000142.
- ^ Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Cercotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843 (retrieved 13 January 2021)
External links
Data related to Cercotmetus at Wikispecies
