Macropterous form of Paratrephes China, 1940, with new distributional records of Neotrephinae from Brazil (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Helotrephidae) Author Rodrigues, Higor D. D. Author Melo, Alan Lane De Author Ferreira-Keppler, Ruth L. text Zootaxa 2012 2012-09-14 3483 82 88 journal article 1175-5326 7100D145-A7C6-4BD3-827E-04137A4C903E Neotrephes lanemeloi Nieser & Chen, 2002 ( Figs. 14–17 , 18 ) Neotrephes jaczewskii : Nieser & Melo 1997 , 73. [Misidentification, in part; Brazil ] Neotrephes lanemeloi Nieser & Chen, 2002: 34 . [Original description; from Brazil ] Neotrephes lanemeloi : Papáček & Zettel 2004 , 105. [Checklist] Neotrephes lanemeloi : Pelli et al . 2006 , 70. [List of species; Brazil ] Neotrephes lanemeloi : Mazzucconi et al . 2008 , 62. [List of species; record from Argentina ] Neotrephes lanemeloi : Moreira et al . 2011 , 41. [Checklist] Additional characters. Ventral carinae ( Fig. 16 ): Prosternal carina with acute posterior corner, posterior edge nearly straight; mesosternal carina with anterior edge appressed to and united with posterior edge of prosternal carina, posterior outline indistinctly concave; metasternal carina longest, with anterior corner rounded and posterior corner almost 90°, posterior outline straight; carinae of abdominal sternites lower; carina of sternite II rounded posteriorly, with anterior edge touching metasternal carina; carina of sternite III with posterior corner almost straight, anterior corner touching posterior edge of carina of sternite II; following segments acarinate. Material examined. BRAZIL : 2 brachypterous females, Santa Catarina State , Dionísio Cerqueira , right tributary of Toldo waterfall ( 26°18’11,4”S , 53°37’01,6”W ), 15.IX.2011 , A.M. Pes , P. V . Cruz , R . Boldrini and N. Hamada coll. ( INPA ) . Discussion. Initially, specimens of N. lanemeloi from the type locality of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil were misidentified as N. jaczewskii by Nieser & Melo (1997) ( Nieser & Chen 2002 ). Subsequently, Pelli et al . (2006) recorded this species from Serra da Canastra, which is also in Minas Gerais . Two years later, Mazzucconi et al . (2008) recorded for the first time this species from Argentina , in the Province of Misiones , which borders Santa Catarina State in southern Brazil where our specimens were collected ( Fig. 18 ). Only N. usingeri had been recorded in this Brazilian region ( Moreira et al . 2011 ); thus, this is the second species of Neotrephes recorded in southern Brazil . Characteristics of the female subgenital plate from Santa Catarina ( Fig. 17 ) agree exactly with Figure 11 of Nieser & Chen (2002) .