Cercotmetus 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.

Description

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.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:

  1. Cercotmetus asiaticus Amyot & Serville, 1843 - type species
  2. Cercotmetus brevipes Montandon, 1909
  3. Cercotmetus compositus Montandon, 1903
  4. Cercotmetus dissidens Montandon, 1911
  5. Cercotmetus fumosus Distant, 1904
  6. Cercotmetus horni Montandon, 1911
  7. Cercotmetus minutus Keffer & J.Polhemus, 1999
  8. Cercotmetus pilipes (Dallas, 1850)
  9. Cercotmetus robustus Montandon, 1911
  10. Cercotmetus strangulatus Montandon, 1911

External links

  • Media related to Cercotmetus at Wikimedia Commons