title: Two new species of Amemboa Esaki (Heteroptera: Gerridae) from West Bengal, India.
abstract: Amemboa mahananda sp. nov. and Amemboa bifurcata sp. nov. are described from Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Darjeeling district and from Kalikhola, in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, and compared with all allied species. A species checklist of the genus Amemboa Esaki, 1925  and Amemboides Polhemus & Andersen, 1984 from India and their distribution in India and elsewhere is provided. Amemboa kumari (Distant, 1910) is reported for the first time from West Bengal and Amemboa dentata Polhemus & Andersen, 1984 is newly recorded from Himachal Pradesh.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, India; Email: srimoyeebasu3422@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Srimoyee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.affiliation: Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, India; Email: subbuka.zsi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Subramanian
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 96817 USA; Email: bugman@bishopmuseum.org.
authors.forename: Dan A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Polhemus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D007194:India; D008297:Male