New distribution records of Gerridae Leach, 1815 and Veliidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Keralam, including the first report of a genus
The records of two species, Limnogonus (Limnogonoides) pectoralis (Mayr, 1865) and Strongylovelia lillyae Jehamalar, 2015, are documented for the first time from Keralam, India. L. (Limnogonoides) pectoralis was earlier reported from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. S. lillyae represents only the second record from India, earlier known exclusively from Tamil Nadu and constitutes the first report of its genus from Keralam and indicates a range extension.
Authors
- Edappilly M. Shaji
- Chenthamarakshan Bijoy
- Raman Reshma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7805-6820)
Institutions
- University of Calicut (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Threatened Taxa
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.10515.18.10.29935-29941
- Primary Topic
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Type
- article
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