''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water
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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
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'', but have distinctly shorter respiratory siphons (posterior breathing tubes, which are ΒΌ or less of the body length) and the front
femur
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is shorter than length of the
pronotum
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.
Species
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[Global Biodiversity Information Facility: ''Cercotmetus'' Amyot & Serville, 1843 (retrieved 13 January 2021)]
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* '' Cercotmetus asiaticus'' Amyot & Serville, 1843 - type species
* '' Cercotmetus brevipes'' Montandon, 1909
* '' Cercotmetus compositus'' Montandon, 1903
* '' Cercotmetus dissidens'' Montandon, 1911
* '' Cercotmetus fumosus'' Distant, 1904
* '' Cercotmetus horni'' Montandon, 1911
* '' Cercotmetus minutus'' Keffer & J.Polhemus, 1999
* '' Cercotmetus pilipes'' (Dallas, 1850)
* '' Cercotmetus robustus'' Montandon, 1911
* '' Cercotmetus strangulatus'' Montandon, 1911
References
External links
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Nepidae
Nepomorpha genera
Hemiptera of Asia