Figure 1. Location map of the study area

 

 

Image 1. Satellite image of the ponds in the Gauhati University campus

 

 

 

Images 2 & 3. Habitat shots. 2A & 2B - Pond A; 3A & 3B - Pond B.

 

 

 

Table 1. Aquatic Hemiptera collected at the two ponds in Guwahati University

 

Species

 

Ponds A

 

Ponds B

 

Hemiptera

 

 

 

Corixidae

 

 

 

Micronecta (Basilionecta) scuttellaris scuttellaris Stal (Image 4)

 

++

 

++

 

Notonectidae

 

 

 

Nychia marshalli Scott (Image 5)

 

+

 

++

 

Pleidae

 

 

 

Plea liturata Fiebr (Image 6)

 

+

 

+

 

Nepidae

 

 

 

Laccotrephes griseus Guerin (Image 7)

 

-

 

+

 

Laccotrephes rubber Linnaeus (Image 8)

 

-

 

+

 

Ranatra filiformis Fabricius (Image 9)

 

+

 

++

 

Ranatra gracilis Dallas (Image 10)

 

-

 

R

 

Gerridae

 

 

 

Neogerris parvula Stal (Image 11)

 

+

 

+

 

Gerris (Macrogerris) gracilicornis Horvath (Image 12)

 

+

 

+

 

Limnogonus nitidus Mayr (Image 13)

 

+

 

+

 

Belostomatidae

 

 

 

Diplonychus rusticus Fabricius (Image 14)

 

+

 

++

 

Lethocerus indicus Lepeleiter & Serville (Image 15)

 

-

 

+

 

Mesovelidae

 

 

 

Mesovelia vittigera Horvath (Image 16)

 

+

 

+

 

Hydrometridae

 

 

 

Hydrometra greeni Kirkaldy (Image 17)

 

R

 

+

 

 

+ - Present/Common; ++ - Abundant; R - Uncommon; - - Absent