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Scientific Name: Microvelia doughlashi Westwood, 1834
English Name: Broad Shouldered Water striders or Ripple bugs
Insects : Microvelia doughlashi

Photo: GBIF

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Veliidae
Description:
The insect is small and has an ovate shape, with a body length ranging from 1.2 to 1.5 mm. The head and pronotum are piceous black. The overall body is dull black, covered with grayish pubescence. The pronotum has reddish ochraceous spots. The hemelytra (forewings) exhibit numerous grayish white spots, with a larger one occupying the greater part of the clavus. The antennae are 4-jointed. The legs are similar in appearance, pubescent, and the fore tarsi have one joint, while the mid and hind tarsi have two joints each. The legs gradually elongate, with the third leg being double the length of the first leg.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in Chittagong.
Environment:
Marinewater, Freshwater, Brakishwater, Terrestrial
Comments:
Aquatic
Main References:

Ali S, Chakraborty T (1992) BANGLADESHER MITHA PANIR AMERUDANDI PRANI (A book on Freshwater Invertebrates of Bangladesh). Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ISBN: 984-07-4051-2

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