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Side streams, slack waters, warm to hot places.
Spotted these skimmers one afternoon at a side stream of the River Murty at Chalsa, Cooch Behar.
Spotted on Nov 2, 2013
Submitted on Nov 6, 2013
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Thanks Martijin van de School for the lead.
It's a species of Gerridae (Heteroptera). According to wikipedia there are over 1700 species of these skimmers. You'd probably need an identification key to identify it up to genus or species.