Aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from Toluviejo Municipality, Sucre Department, Caribbean region of Colombia
Author
Moreno-R., Claudia
Author
Molina-J., Wendy
Author
Barbosa, Julianna Freires
Author
Moreira, Felipe
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2018-11-02
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/14.6.985
journal article
10.15560/14.6.985
1809-127X
Microvelia pulchella
Westwood, 1834
New records.
Colombia
: Sucre: Toluviejo: Pechilín Stream, station 1 (
09°26′11″ N
,
075°26′21″ W
), Wendy Molina-J.,
11.IV.2015
(WMJ 037).
Colombia
: Sucre: Toluviejo: Pechilín Stream, station 2 (
09°26′08″ N
,
075°26′15″ W
), Claudia Moreno-R.,
25.II.2017
(CMR 118).
Identification.
Our specimens of
M. pulchella
were identified
based on the short pronotum in the apterous form, not covering the mesonotum (
Nieser and Melo 1997
,
Padilla-Gil and Moreira 2013a
), and the bent hind tibia of the males. Males are elongated, with the sides of body more or less parallel, whereas females are much more robust and rounded.
Distribution in the Colombian Caribbean region.
Cesar
(Morales-Castaño et al. 2008),
Sucre
(this work).
Subfamily
Rhagoveliinae
Rhagovelia
Mayr, 1865