New oriental species and subspecies of Hydrometra Latreille (Heteroptera: Hydrometridae)

Abstract

Three new species and one new subspecies of the genus Hydrometra Latreille are described from the Oriental region. Hydrometra heoki heoki, new species (from Borneo) and H. heoki paya, new subspecies (from Peninsular Malaysia: Johor) form a complex of allopatric taxa with H. gilloglyi Polhemus & Polhemus, 1995 (described from Indochina and the northern Malay Peninsula). Hydrometra borneensis, new species (from Borneo) is closely related to and formerly confused with H. maidli Hungerford & Evans, 1934. Hydrometra brevitarsus, new species, is a sister species of H. papuana Kirkaldy, 1901, and occurs in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo, whereas H. papuana ranges from New Guinea to Australia. © National University of Singapore.