A new species of Mesovelia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae) from South America, with identification key and notes on Colombian species
Author
Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez
Author
Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Author
Bispo, Pitágoras Da Conceição
Author
Morales, Irina
Author
Molano-Rendón, Fredy
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Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4175.4.4
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Mesovelia mulsanti
White
(
Figs. 3
B, 4)
Mesovelia mulsanti
White, 1879
: 268
–268 (description);
Hungerford (1917)
: 73
–83 (biology, morphology);
Hungerford (1924)
: 456
(illustration, key);
Jaczewski (1930)
: 5
–9 (key, redescription);
Hoffman (1932)
: 91
–95 (biology, key);
Usinger (1942)
: 177
–178 (morphology);
Herring (1950)
: 148
–149 (biology, distribution);
Neering (1954)
: 125
–159 (morphology);
Wilson (1958)
: 123
(biology, key);
Cobben (1960)
: 26
, 27, 29 (illustration, note);
Bobb (1974)
: 45
–46 (redescription, key); Gagné & Howarth (1975): 400, 411–412 (illustration, key);
Bennett & Cook (1981)
: 17
–19 (description, key);
Epler (2006)
: 8.2–8.3 (key, notes, illustration);
Moreira
et al.
(2008)
: 542
–544, 546, 547 (redescription, illustration, key).
Mesovelia bisignata
Uhler, 1884
: 274
. Synonym by
Champion (1898)
.
Material
examined.
(
1♂
USNM
): ‘
Colombia
:\ Dep
.
Magdalena
.\
Isla
Salsmanca Nat.\ Pk.
80 km
. W. santa\
Marta
,
Mar. 16. 1968
’ ‘
Mesovelia
\
mulsanti
\
White
\ det.
J. T. Polhemus
1968’. (
2♂
,
1♀
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Valle del Cauca
\
Corozal
\
El Alambrado
\
1156 m
.\
14/1/05
\
Pozo
\
Col
:
F. Molano.
(
2♂
,
3♀
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Valle del Cauca
\
Caicedonia
\
Lago
\ 1150 msnm\
14/Julio/2005
\
Col
:
Proy.
249. (
3♂
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Valle del Cauca
\
Ulloa – Higeron
\
9-07-05
\
Lago
\
Col
:
García L.
(
2♂
,
1♀
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Valle del Cauca
\
Corozal
\
1176 m
.\
14/ 1/05
\
Quebrada
\
Col
:
I. Morales.
(
2♂
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Quindío
\
Quimbaya
vereda
el Laurel Reserva
la Montaña del
Ocaso
\
Quebrada Los Monos
\
20-IV-2007
\
Col
:
F. Alvarado.
(
6♂
,
3♀
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Valle del Cauca
\
Caicedonia
\
Zona Rural
\
Lago
\
14-jul-05
\
Col
: proy. 249. (
4♂
,
1♀
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Quindío
\
Montenegro
\ lago\
9-04-05
\
Col
:
F. Molano.
(
1♀
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Quindío
\
LaTebaida
\
Lago
\ Est.11\
9-04-05
\
Col
:
F. Molano.
(
6♂
,
5♀
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Quindío
\
La Tebaida
\
Lago
6\
19-04-05
\
Col
:
F. Molano.
(
1♂
,
4♀
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Cesar
\
La Loma
\
C. La Pachita
\
25-oct-06
\
Col
:
Jimenez L.
(
1♂
UPTC
)
:
Colombia
\
Valle del Cauca
\
Cartago – Alcala
\
Lago
\
12-II-05
\ 1000 msnm\
Col
:
Morales I.
Diagnosis.
Male. Mesofemur ventrally with a row of spinules; abdominal tergum VIII with posterior margin rounded; abdominal pleuron VIII without tubercle; abdominal sternum VI with posterior margin rounded, without fringe of black spinules; abdominal sternum VIII with two lateroposterior patches formed by black spinules; paramere with margins converging (
Fig. 3
B).
Measurements (mm). Male Dep.
Magdalena
/
Valle del Cauca
/
Quindío
/
Cesar
.
body length 3.05 / 3.07 / 3.05 / 3.05; head length 0.50 / 0.55 / 0.52 / 0.50; head width through eyes 0.30 / 0.34 / 0.30 / 0.31; head width through antenniferous tubercles 0.45 / 0.48 / 0.45 / 0.45; antennomere I 0.62 / 0.66 / 0.64 / 0.62; antennomere II 0.62 / 0.66 / 0.62 / 0.63; antennomere III 0.79 / 0.80 / 0.79 / 0.80; antennomere IV 0.82 / 0.84 / 0.82 / 0.84; FORE LEG, femoral length 0.92 / 0.94 / 0.93 / 0.93; tibial length 0.78 / 0.80 / 0.80 / 0.78; MID LEG, femoral length 1.18 / 1.20 / 1.20 / 1.18; tibial length 1.25 / 1.27 / 1.25 / 1.27; HIND LEG, femoral length 1.51 / 1.50 / 1.52 / 1.50; tibial length 2.07 / 2.08 / 2.10 / 2.08.
Female Dep.
Valle del Cauca
/
Quindío
/
Cesar
.
body length 3.60 / 3.60 / 3.63 / 3.66; head length 0.70 / 0.75 / 0.72 / 0.70; head width through eyes 0.59 / 0.54 / 0.59 / 0.58; head width through antenniferous tubercles 0.65 / 0.68 / 0.65 / 0.65; antennomere I 0.52 / 0.56 / 0.54 / 0.52; antennomere II 0.52 / 0.56 / 0.52 / 0.53; antennomere III 0.89 / 0.85 / 0.89 / 0.85; antennomere IV 0.85 / 0.84 / 0.85 / 0.84; FORE LEG, femoral length 0.92 / 0.95 / 0.92 / 0.93; tibial length 0.85 / 0.83 / 0.80 / 0.85; MID LEG, femoral length 1.18 / 1.20 / 1.22 / 1.18; tibial length 1.25 / 1.27 / 1.25 / 1.27; HIND LEG, femoral length 1.53 / 1.53 / 1.52 / 1.50; tibial length 2.07 / 2.08 / 2.10 / 2.08.