Semiaquatic bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) from Vale do Ribeira, São Paulo state, Brazil
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Magalhães, Oséias Martins
Author
Nery, Leticia
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Moller, Hermann
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Pavarini, Ronaldo
Author
Bertini, Giovana
Author
Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
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Microvelia nelsoni
Moreira, Barbosa & Ribeiro, 2012
Figures 1
,
2
New records.
BRAZIL
•
2 ♂♂
,
3 ♀♀
;
São Paulo
,
Vale do Ribeira
,
Sete Barras
, station 1;
24°17′31″S
,
048°06′29″W
;
7 Jan. 2013
;
G. Bertini
et al. leg.;
CEIOC 74842
•
2 ♀♀
;
São Paulo
,
Vale do Ribeira
,
Sete Barras
, station 1;
24°17′31″ S
,
048°06′29″W
;
7 Jul. 2013
; G. Ber- tini et al. leg.;
CEIOC 74815
.
Identification.
Our specimens of
M. nelsoni
are all
apterous. They were identified based on the body length between 1.70 and 2.00 mm and the pronotum extended posteriorly over almost the entire dorsum of the thorax. In addition, the body is black, with an orange-red mark on the pronotum (Moreira et al. 2012). The distribution of patches of silvery setae on the abdomen is slightly different from the
types
of this species, but we believe that this represents intraspecific variation only. The original description of
M. nelsoni
indicates that silvery patches occur on the sides of abdominal mediotergites I and
III
–
V
, and laterotergites
III
–
VI
, whereas there are no silvery patches centrally on mediotergites
V
–VIII. In our specimens, there are silvery patches on the sides of
Figure 1.
Microvelia nelsoni
, female.
A.
Dorsal view.
B.
Ventral view.
Figure 2.
Geographic distribution of
Microvelia nelsoni
.
mediotergites I and
III
–IV, centrally on mediotergites
V
– VIII, and on laterotergites
III
–VII (
Fig. 1A
).
Known distribution.
Brazil
(Moreira et al. 2012).
Distribution in
Brazil
.
Pará
(
Cunha et al. 2015
),
Rio de Janeiro
(Moreira et al. 2012),
São Paulo
(this work).