Species: Aphelocheirus (Micraphelocheirus) narumonae (Zettel and Rattanachan, 2020)
Classification
Phylum: Arthropoda
 Class: Insecta
  Order: Hemiptera
   Family: Aphelocheiridae
    Genus: Aphelocheirus
Collection specimen
Holotype:
 - Brachypterous male: Entomological Collection, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Bangkok, Thailand.
Paratype:
     - 2 brachypterous females: Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria.
- 30 brachypterous males, 17 brachypterous females: University of Missouri, Columbia, U.S.A.; Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria.

Morphology:
Adult:
 - Aphelocheirus narumonae is similar to A. brevirostris but can be distinguished by the interspaces of A. brevirostris have fewer micropunctures and are shinier than that A. narumonae. Disc of pronotum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum of A. brevirostris with large shiny areas, but in A. narumonae are chiefly matte. The left and right paramere of A. brevirostris is strongly modified than that of A. narumonae. The left paramere of A. narumonae is curved, its lateral margin weakly modified, whereas the right paramere is subtriangular, its apex narrowly rounded.


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Habitat: - Aphelocheirus narumonae was found in Khao Yai National Park from Lam Ta Kong Stream, which is slightly disturbed in forested upstream site, a medium-sized stream, about 7 meters wide, with moderate to rapid current. Additionally, A. narumonae was found further downstream, just outside National Park, where the stream bed was slightly wider, with pools and side channels, but still with some riffles.

Distribution:
 - Nakhon Ratchasima Province: Khao Yai National Park, Lam Ta Kong stream.
- Nakhon Ratchasima Province: Lam Ta Kong.

Work cited:
 - Zettel, H and Rattanachan, K. 2020. Aphelocheirus narumonae sp.n., second species of the subgenus Micraphelocheirus Hoberlandt & Štys, 1979 (Hemiptera: Aphelocheiridae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 4853(1): 109–116.

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