Water Bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Papikonda National Park, Andhra Pradesh with a New Record to India

The goal of the current investigation was to assess the diversity and distribution of aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs in the Papikonda National Park located in the center of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India. Altogether, 45 species in 29 genera and 11 families have been identified from this study. With 26 species, the infraorder Nepomorpha exhibited higher degree of species diversity than Gerromorpha (19 species). The family Gerridae is represented by 15 species in 11 families, followed by Nepidae and Notonectidae, with 8 and 6 species, respectively. Sigara striata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Corixidae) is discovered for the first time from the Indian subcontinent, Papikonda NP, Andhra Pradesh. With new record of an aquatic bug, this is the first documentation of aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs from the National Park.