Eguri-tama water beetle - Eguri-tama water beetle

Japanese: エグリタマミズムシ - えぐりたまみずむし
Eguri-tama water beetle - Eguri-tama water beetle

… Stink bugs with the name water bug include the Pleidae and Helotrephidae, both of which are small insects less than 3 mm long and swim with their backs down like water bugs. Water bugs are special insects with a fused head and prothorax, but only one species, Heterotrephes admorsus , is known from Japan, found on Amami Oshima and Tokunoshima. [Shoichi Miyamoto]. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Egritama Water Beetle" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… ミズムシの名がついているカメムシに,マルミズムシ類Pleidaeとタマミズムシ類Helotrephidaeがあるが,ともに3mm以下の小型の虫で,マツモムシと同様背を下にして泳ぐ。タマミズムシは頭と前胸が癒合している特別な昆虫であるが,日本からは奄美大島と徳之島からその1種エグリタマミズムシHeterotrephes admorsusが知られているにすぎない。【宮本 正一】。…

※「エグリタマミズムシ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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