. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. 98 I. AHMAD be examined. Dr. Forster (Zoologische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates) has informed me that the type of M. trinotata Herrich Schaffer was destroyed during an air raid in 1944, and Dr. W. E. China (British Museum) has told me that the type of L. tnaculiventris Dallas must be presumed lost. However the original description and diagram (Fig. 863) of Herrich Schaffer for trinotata and the original description of L. tnaculiventris Dallas agree with the holotype of Gerris oratorius Fabricius. Leptocorisa palawanensis sp. n.
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. 98 I. AHMAD be examined. Dr. Forster (Zoologische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates) has informed me that the type of M. trinotata Herrich Schaffer was destroyed during an air raid in 1944, and Dr. W. E. China (British Museum) has told me that the type of L. tnaculiventris Dallas must be presumed lost. However the original description and diagram (Fig. 863) of Herrich Schaffer for trinotata and the original description of L. tnaculiventris Dallas agree with the holotype of Gerris oratorius Fabricius. Leptocorisa palawanensis sp. n. (Text-figs. 201, 215, 229, 243, 257 and 321-328) Characterized by very long and pointed paraclypeae which are only very slightly less than half of entire head length, by rostrum, which extends beyond the apices of second coxae and by the form of genitalia. o*. Body length, 14 g mm., width, 2-30 mm. Head length, 22 mm. (only paraclypeae 0-83 mm.), width, 1-5 mm. Antennae, segment I, 47 mm., II, 3-0 mm., Ill, 3-3 mm., IV, 5-7 mm. Rostrum, segment I, 1-7 mm., II, 1-5 Ill, o-8 mm., IV, 08 mm. Pronotum, length, 2-6 mm., width, 2-3 mm. Hind femora, 6-9 mm. Hind tibia, 73 mm. Distance between ocelli, 0-5 mm., distance between an ocellus and an eye, o-8 075 mm Figs. 321-325. Leptocorisa palawanensis, <$. 321, terminalia, dorsal view ; 322, head, dorsal view ; 323, claspers, inner and outer views ; 324, aedeagus (inflated), ventral view ; 325, theca, dorsal Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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