Trepobates citatus Drake And Chapman, A New Junior Synonym Of Trepobates subnitidus Esaki (Heteroptera, Gerridae)

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by  P D Kittle

PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH.
93(4), 1991, p. 945
Note
Trepobates citatus Drake and Chapman, a New Junior Synonym
of Trepobates subnitidus Esaki (Heteroptera: Gerridae)
Trepobates citatus Drake and Chapman concluded that the material represents one
was described in 1953 (Fla. Entomol. 36: species and that the differences cited by
109-1 12) based on specimens from Florida Drake and Chapman merely represent in-
and Mississippi. This species was distin- traspecific variation. I therefore designate
guished from Trepobates subnitidus Esaki T. citatus Drake and Chapman as a junior
on the basis of a more robust form and synonym of T. subnitidus Esaki, New Syn-
darker color, shorter hairs on the middle onym.
femur ofmales, and different proportional
Paul D. Kittle, Department of Biology,
lengths ofantennal segments. After exam-
University ofNorth Alabama, Florence, Al-
ining over 6000 specimens ofT. subnitidus abama 35632.
from all parts of its range and over 160
specimens identified as T. citatus, I have