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<mods:title>Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Metropolitan Region of Santarem, Brazil, including three new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Veliidae: Microveliinae)</mods:title>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">Holotype/Paratype. BL 1.15/1.2, HL 0.22/0.21, HW 0.39/0.38, ANT I 0.14/0.14, ANT II 0.10/0.09, ANT III 0.13/0.13, ANT IV 0.20/0.22, INT 0.18/0.7, EYE 0.09/0.09, PL 0.13/0.14, PW 0.48/0.51; FORE LEG: FEM 0.28/0.31, TIB 0.24/0.24, TAR I 0.15/0.15; MID-LEG: FEM 0.36/0.36, TIB 0.29/0.29, TAR I 0.06/0.05, TAR II 0.11/0.11; HIND LEG: FEM 0.42/0.42, TIB 0.42/0.42, TAR I 0.05/0.5, TAR II 0.11/0.11.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">Head dark-brown. Antennomere I yellowish, II-IV dark-brown. Eye reddish-brown. Labium yellowish-brown, except apex of article III and entire IV dark-brown. Pronotum with anterior half and lateral margins orange-brown, apical half dark-brown. Meso- and metanota dark brown. Prosternum yellowish-brown, darker at middle groove. Meso- and metasterna dark-brown. Pro- and metacetabula with anterior half yellowish-brown and posterior half dark brown. Anterior and posterior coxae and trochanters yellowish-brown. Mesoacetabulum and middle coxa dark-brown. Femora and tibiae yellowish-brown, darker dorsally on distal third; tarsi dark-brown. Abdominal mediotergites dark-brown. Abdominal laterotergites orange-brown with lateral margins dark. Abdominal sterna dark-brown. Terminalia yellowish-brown.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">Head covered with very short setae, longer on clypeus. Antenna covered with short setae. Antennomere I widest, slightly curved laterally, thickened towards apex; II wider than III-IV, thickened towards apex; III cylindrical, thinner than IV; IV fusiform, at middle subequal to II in thickness. Labium reaching base of mesosternum.</paragraph>
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Thoracic terga densely covered with moderately long, light setae; sides of thorax, prosternum and acetabula with denser, longer setae; meso- and metasterna with short setae. Pronotum with lateral margins bowed; posterior margin sinuous, concave centrally, exposing two rounded lobes of the mesonotum laterally (Fig. 
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C). Metanotum exposed as a short central stripe, with posterior margin widely concave. Legs covered with short setae, with some longer setae on dorsal surfaces of femora and tibiae. Femora without spines. Fore tibia straight, enlarged towards apex, with an obtuse, short spine at apex. Hind femur slightly thicker than middle femur. Hind tibia straight.
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Abdominal mediotergites covered with moderately long setae. Mediotergites III-VI depressed; VI-VII with shiny median stripe; VII with posterior margin slightly concave. Abdominal laterotergites elevated to about 90°. Abdominal sterna covered with short setae, posterior margins concave, without tubercles. Abdominal segment VIII slightly exposed, dorsally more than four times wider than long; dorsum with lateral margins convergent and posterior margin slightly concave (Fig. 
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A and Fig. 
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A); ventre strongly sclerotised, with an evident central notch (Fig. 
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B, D and Fig. 
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B) and three tufts of long setae on each side (well visible in lateral view, Fig. 
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C). Proctiger with lateral projections and apical margin rounded (Fig. 
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D); parameres symmetrical (Fig. 
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E).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">BL 1.21-1.26, HL 0.22, HW 0.40-0.42, ANT I 0.14, ANT II 0.08-0.10, ANT III 0.12, ANT IV 0.20-0.22, INT 0.18, EYE 0.09-0.10, PL 0.12-0;14, PW 0.54-0.58; FORE LEG: FEM 0.30, TIB 0.24, TAR I 0.14-0.16; MID-LEG: FEM 0.36, TIB 0.28-0.30, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.12; HIND LEG: FEM 0.40-0.42, TIB 0.40, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.12.</paragraph>
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Colouration and structure similar to apterous male, but larger and more robust (Fig. 
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). Fore tibia straight, enlarged towards apex, without apical spine. Abdomen larger than in in males, as wide as pronotum (Fig. 
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A). Abdominal segment VIII yellowish-brown dorsally and ventrally. Posterior margin of abdominal mediotergite VIII straight. Abdominal laterotergites elevated to about 45 
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.
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This new species can be distinguished from other South American 
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Westwood, 1834 by the pronotum of the apterous form covering the mesonotum centrally, but exposing it laterally; the metanotum exposed centrally, with the posterior margin widely concave; the abdominal segment VIII of the males slightly exposed dorsally, more than four times wider than long, with the lateral margins convergent and the posterior margin slightly concave, ventrally deeply inserted into the pregenital abdomen, strongly sclerotised, with an evident central notch and three tufts of long setae on each side (only one tuft is visible before dissection); and the male proctiger with small, rounded, lateral projections. Additionally, 
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has the body shorter than 1.30 mm (apterous males 1.15-1.20 mm; apterous females 1.21-1.26 mm).
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Drake &amp; Harris, 1933 (Fig. 
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; apterous male in 
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: fig. 89) and 
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Drake, 1920 (Fig. 
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, 
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) are small species that share with 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">M. belterrensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">sp. nov.</emphasis>
the general appearance and the male terminalia strongly inserted into the pregenital abdomen, although more deeply than in the new species and more weakly sclerotised. In contrast, 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. venustatis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="venustatis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">M. venustatis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
displays a thicker antennomere IV and the abdominal sterna of the male bear tufts of setae medially (at least on segments V-VII; Fig. 
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<figureCitation captionStartId="F7075508" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">b</figureCitation>
), which are absent in the other two species. 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">Microvelia hinei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from both by the pronotum of the apterous form completely covering the mesonotum, exposing only the metanotum centrally, the slightly longer body (paratype apterous male 1.40 mm), the different colour pattern and the posterior margin of the male abdominal segment VIII nearly straight dorsally (vs. concave in 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. belterrensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="belterrensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">M. belterrensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">sp. nov.</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Moreira &amp; Barbosa" authorityYear="2011" class="Insecta" family="Veliidae" genus="Microvelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microvelia ubatuba" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ubatuba">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">Microvelia ubatuba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Moreira &amp; Barbosa, 2011, in turn, shares with the new species the male abdominal segment VIII notched ventrally. Although 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. ubatuba" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ubatuba">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">M. ubatuba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from macropterous specimens, it can be distinguished from 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. belterrensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="belterrensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">M. belterrensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">sp. nov.</emphasis>
by the longer and narrower male abdominal segment VIII, dorsally with a distinct concavity at the posterior margin and ventrally with a strong rounded depression and a smaller and weakly sclerotised notch on the posterior margin (
<bibRefCitation author="Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo" journalOrPublisher="Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567" pagination="297 - 311" refId="B7034396" refString="Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Barbosa, J. F., 2011. The Veliidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Sao Paulo State, Brazil: new species, description of the male of Microvelia ioana Drake &amp; Hottes, 1952, and synonymical and distributional notes. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 47 (3): 297 - 311" title="The Veliidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Sao Paulo State, Brazil: new species, description of the male of Microvelia ioana Drake &amp; Hottes, 1952, and synonymical and distributional notes" volume="47" year="2011">Moreira and Barbosa 2011</bibRefCitation>
: 299, figs. 7-11).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">
Finally, the male proctiger with lateral projections was previously reported in two other Neotropical species, 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. mimula" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mimula">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">M. mimula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
White, 1879 and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. quieta" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quieta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">M. quieta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Drake &amp; Carvalho, 1954 (
<bibRefCitation author="Drake, C. J." journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567" pagination="223 - 226" refId="B7033901" refString="Drake, C. J., Carvalho, Jose Candido Melo, 1954. New waterstriders from Brazil (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 67: 223 - 226" title="New waterstriders from Brazil (Hemiptera)" volume="67" year="1954">Drake and Carvalho 1954</bibRefCitation>
: 224, figs. 1 and 2). Both are easily distinguished from 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">M. belterrensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">sp. nov.</emphasis>
by the longer body and the well-exposed male terminalia.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">Etymology</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="68567">This species is named after Belterra Municipality, where the type-series was collected.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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