Notes on the water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) inurban areas of Hanoi

Abstract

In the present study, faunistic data on water bugs from urban area of Hanoi has been catalogued for the first time. From our surveys, wehave identified a total of 23 species of 12 genera and nine families of aquatic bugs (Nepomorpha) and semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha) from the studied area. The water bug fauna in Hanoiis of a typical lowland fauna in Southeast Asia mainland, comprising many species with wide distribution. Several taxa are expected to exist in the studied area, but they have not been seen during our field collection, suggesting further field studies are needed