Cercotmetus[1][2] is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Nepoidea |
| Family: | Nepidae |
| Subfamily: | Ranatrinae |
| Genus: | Cercotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
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Description edit
Cercotmetus species are similar to the related genus Ranatra, but have distinctly shorter respiratory siphons (posterior breathing tubes, which are ¼ or less of the body length) and the front femur is shorter than length of the pronotum.[3]
Species edit
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[4]
- Cercotmetus asiaticus Amyot & Serville, 1843 - type species
- Cercotmetus brevipes Montandon, 1909
- Cercotmetus compositus Montandon, 1903
- Cercotmetus dissidens Montandon, 1911
- Cercotmetus fumosus Distant, 1904
- Cercotmetus horni Montandon, 1911
- Cercotmetus minutus Keffer & J.Polhemus, 1999
- Cercotmetus pilipes (Dallas, 1850)
- Cercotmetus robustus Montandon, 1911
- Cercotmetus strangulatus Montandon, 1911
References edit
- ^ Amyot CJ-B, Serville JGA (1843) (Roret's Suites à Buffon): Hémiptères
- ^ Lansbury I (1973) A review of the genus Cercotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Nepidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 116 [5] 83-106.
- ^ Chen P; Nieser N; Ho JZ (2004). "Review of Chinese Ranatrinae (Hemiptera: Nepidae), with descriptions of four new species of Ranatra Fabricius". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 147 (1): 81–102. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000142.
- ^ Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Cercotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843 (retrieved 13 January 2021)
External links edit
Data related to Cercotmetus at Wikispecies
