1Research and Postgraduate Department of Zoology, St. Thomas’ College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala, India
*Email: drranjinis@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online Published on 18 February, 2026.
Seven new reports of gerromorphs viz., Metrocoris darjeelingensis (Basu, Polhemus and Subramanian, 2016); Naboandelus signatus (Distant, 1910); Microvelia (Dilutovelia) leveillei leveillei (Lethierry, 1877); Microvelia (Microvelia) diluta (Distant, 1909); Thirumalaia ocularis (Zettel and Laciny, 2021); Mesovelia horvathi (Lundblad, 1934) and Timasius fenestratus (Zettel, 2013) are recorded for the first time from Kerala, India. The current distribution data of these bugs are provided.
Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Systematics, Gerromorpha, Gerridae, Veliidae, Mesoveliidae, Hebridae, Aquatic habitat, Water bugs, Kerala
