New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) Author Moreira, F. F. F. Author Nessimian, J. L. Author Rúdio, J. A. Author Salles, F. F. text Journal of Natural History 2010 2010-11-05 44 45 - 46 2761 2801 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.512423 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2010.512423 1464-5262 5212103 Microvelia ayacuchana Drake and Maldonado-Capriles, 1952 Representatives of this peculiar species are rare in collections, and have been found so far in Venezuela , Guyana and Brazil (AM) ( Spangler and Froeschner 1987 ). It is recorded here for the first time from southeastern Brazil , which represents a great increase of the known distribution for this species. Examined material Brazil : Espírito Santo – Nova Venécia , Fazenda Deprá , Córrego Santa Rosa da Cachoeirinha , poça no rio [−18.79473 ◦ / −40.58756 ◦ ], 9 February 2009 , ( F.F.F. Moreira ): 2 apterous males, 4 macropterous males, 4 macropterous females. São Mateus , Estrada BR-381, próximo à Nova Venécia , poças laterais da cachoeira, fundo de pedra [−18.68056 ◦ / −40.18241 ◦ ], 9 February 2009 ( F.F.F. Moreira ): 1 macropterous male, 5 nymphs. Sooretama , Reserva Biológica de Sooretama , Cachoeira Bom Jardim [ 18 ◦ 59 ′ 56.5 ′′ S , 40 ◦ 14 ′ 4 ′′ W 39 m asl ], lados da cachoeira, 29–30 April 2009 ( F.F.F. Moreira ): 6 apterous males, 8 apterous females, 7 nymphs .