Aquatic Insect Diversity of Baitarani Estuary of Odisha - Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation - page 95

Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu
and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Orissa, Pondicherry, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh, West Bengal.

1927. Lethocerus indicus (Lep. & Serv.),
Torre-Bueno Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. ,
22: 30.
2004. Lethocerus indicus (Lep. & Serv.),
Thirumalai Rec. Zool. Surv. of India, Occ
Pap. No. 102 (1-2): 67

Elsewhere China, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan,
Taiwan.
Family: Belostomatidae Leach, 1815
Subfamily: Belostomatinae Leach, 1833
Genus: Diplonychus (Laporte, 1833)
5. Diplonychus rusticus Fabricius, 1781
1781. Nepa rustica Fabricius . , Ent. Syst ., 4 : 62
1994. Diplonychus rusticus (Fabricius) :
Thirumalai Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ Pap.
No. 165: 25

Material Examined 8 exs, 25.vi. 2008. Laxmi
Chadha and Budhiachak, Dhamra, Orissa,
S. Dash & Party

Diagnostic Characters Lethocerus indicus is a
giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. Its
body length is around 11 cm. It was originally
described as Belostoma indicum but is no longer
placed in that genus. It is well known as an edible
species.

Material Examined 18 exs, 25.vi.2008. Laxmi
Chadha, Dhamra: District: Bhadrak, Orissa, S. Dash
& Party; 4 exs, 19.xii.2008, Baradia, Chandbali,
District: Bhadrak, Orissa D.V. Rao & Party

Distribution India: Andaman and Nicobar
Island, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Pondicherry,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.

Diagnostic Characters Body (less than 20 mm)
long. Single segmented fore tarsus with a small
claw. It is a voracious feeder of fi sh and mosquito
larvae.

Elsewhere Malaysia, Myanmar, China,
Indonesia, Japan, New Guinea, New Zealand, Sri
Lanka.
Family: Notonectidae Latereille, 1802
Subfamily: Anisopinae Hutchinson, 1929
Genus: Anisops Spinola, 1837
7. Anisops breddini Kirkaldy , 1901
1901a. Anisops breddini Kirkaldy, Entomologists ,
London, 34: 5.

Distribution India: Andaman and Nicobar
Island, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Pondicherry,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.

2007. Anisops breddini Kirkaldy : Thirumalai
Rec. Zool. Surv. of India, Occ. Pap. No.
273: 38

Elsewhere Malaysia, Myanmar, China,
Indonesia, Japan, New Guinea, New Zealand, Sri
Lanka, Thailand.
Subfamily: Lethocerinaea Lauck & Menke, 1961
Genus: Lethocerus Mayr, 1853
Subgenus: Lethocerus Mayr, 1853
6. Lethocerus indicus (Lepeletier & Serville,
1825)
1825. Belostoma indica Lepeletier & Serville,
Encycl. Meth. , X: 272
1906. Belostoma indicum (Lep. & Serv.),
Distant, Fauna British India , 3: 38.

Material Examined 3 exs, 22.vi. 2008, Similia
Bridge (Hanuman Nagar), Chandbali: Dhamra,
Orissa, S. Dash & Party

Diagnostic Characters This species distinguished
by the posteriorly holoptic eyes. Hemielytra with
reduced membrane. The structure of male
stridulatory comb which is composed of a few
fl attened and spatulate combs.