STYGOBIOTIC WATER-SCORPION, NEPA-ANOPHTHALMA, N-SP (HETEROPTERA, NEPIDAE), FROM A SULFUROUS CAVE IN ROMANIA

Authors
DECU V GRUIA M KEFFER SL SARBU SM
Citation
V. Decu et al., STYGOBIOTIC WATER-SCORPION, NEPA-ANOPHTHALMA, N-SP (HETEROPTERA, NEPIDAE), FROM A SULFUROUS CAVE IN ROMANIA, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 87(6), 1994, pp. 755-761
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Annals of the Entomological Society of America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138746
Volume
87
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
755 - 761
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8746(1994)87:6<755:SWNN(N>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Nepa anophthalma Decu, Gruia, Keffer & Sarbu, n. sp., a blind, cave-ad apted waterscorpion from a mesothermal sulfurous cave near Mangalia, R omania, is described and illustrated. Structure of the genitalia place s this new taxon in the cinerea species group. This new species is the first aquatic, stygobiotic heteropteran discovered.