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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FF734FAFC77AA22C" bold="true" box="[151,281,247,273]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Microvelia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FECE4FAFC7C2A22C" bold="true" box="[298,417,247,273]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Kirkaldya</emphasis>
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Moreira &amp; Rúdio
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,
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(
<figureCitation id="D2AF2A2A2C49A829FF7B4E42C76AA20F" box="[159,265,282,306]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 – 5" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1329,1352]" captionTargetBox="[171,1392,259,1292]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,237,1308]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 2 – 5. Microvelia nessimiani n. sp. 2. Apterous male, dorsal view. 3. Apterous female, dorsal view. 4. Apterous thorax, male, dorsal view. 5. Hind leg, male. Scale bar = 1.00 mm. [P 1 = anterior superficial lobe of pronotum; P 2 = posterior superficial lobe of pronotum; MT = metanotum; T = lateral triangle]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/201562/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Figs. 2–3</figureCitation>
)
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<paragraph id="4A2B36AF2C49A829FF734E3BC400A2A3" blockId="2.[151,1437,354,2035]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Apterous male. BL 1.35–1.46, ANT I 0.19–0.22, ANT II 0.10–0.12, ANT III 0.19–0.23, ANT IV 0.31–0.36, INT 0.18–0.20, PL 0.17–0.24, PW 0.42–0.48.</paragraph>
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Body color pale yellow to yellow, lighter on venter. Antennomeres I–II yellow with darker apices; III dark yellow; IV brown, darker on distal 3/4. Eyes red. Rostrum with article I yellow, II–III pale yellow, IV dark brown. Punctuations of thorax marked by brown. Pronotum may bear irregular brown marks. Acetabula, coxae, trochanters, and base of femora pale yellow. Remaining of femora yellow, darker towards apex. Tibiae yellow; fore and mid ones brown on apex. Fore tarsus basally yellow, turning brown distally; mid tarsus dark yellow; hind tarsus dark yellow on proximal 1/3, distally brown. Abdominal tergite IV may bear a pair of brownish maculae on sides of midline. Abdominal connectives darker on anterior half. Genital segments pale to yellow. Body dorsally covered by sparse short setae. Antennae covered by sparse short setae, more numerous on antennomere IV. Antennomeres I–III cylindrical, IV fusiform; I slightly thicker than others, bowed outside on base; II–IV with almost same width. Rostrum slightly surpassing posterior margin of prosternum. Pronotum relatively long, reaching sublateral pits, but leaving metanotum exposed; pronotum superficially divided into two lobes, with the area between lobes impressed and marked by circular punctuations (
<figureCitation id="D2AF2A2A2C49A829FDA44C6EC4E6A073" box="[576,645,822,846]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 – 5" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1329,1352]" captionTargetBox="[171,1392,259,1292]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,237,1308]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 2 – 5. Microvelia nessimiani n. sp. 2. Apterous male, dorsal view. 3. Apterous female, dorsal view. 4. Apterous thorax, male, dorsal view. 5. Hind leg, male. Scale bar = 1.00 mm. [P 1 = anterior superficial lobe of pronotum; P 2 = posterior superficial lobe of pronotum; MT = metanotum; T = lateral triangle]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/201562/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). Metanotum with posterior margin centrally straight, curved on sides. Abdomen slightly narrowed on area posterior to segment II, bowed posteriorly. Abdominal connectives without posterior spines. Abdominal tergite VII subquadrate, with posterior margin slightly rounded. Abdominal sternites without tubercles or spines. Legs long and thin, covered by short light setae.
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femur slightly thicker than others, with two ventral rows of sharp spines (
<figureCitation id="D2AF2A2A2C49A829FD934C9EC4D8A0E3" box="[631,699,966,990]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 – 5" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1329,1352]" captionTargetBox="[171,1392,259,1292]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,237,1308]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 2 – 5. Microvelia nessimiani n. sp. 2. Apterous male, dorsal view. 3. Apterous female, dorsal view. 4. Apterous thorax, male, dorsal view. 5. Hind leg, male. Scale bar = 1.00 mm. [P 1 = anterior superficial lobe of pronotum; P 2 = posterior superficial lobe of pronotum; MT = metanotum; T = lateral triangle]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/201562/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
).
<collectingCountry id="3283763F2C49A829FD344C9EC56BA0E3" box="[720,776,966,990]" name="India" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Hind</collectingCountry>
tibia straight (
<figureCitation id="D2AF2A2A2C49A829FC4F4C9EC58CA0E3" box="[939,1007,966,990]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 – 5" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1329,1352]" captionTargetBox="[171,1392,259,1292]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,237,1308]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 2 – 5. Microvelia nessimiani n. sp. 2. Apterous male, dorsal view. 3. Apterous female, dorsal view. 4. Apterous thorax, male, dorsal view. 5. Hind leg, male. Scale bar = 1.00 mm. [P 1 = anterior superficial lobe of pronotum; P 2 = posterior superficial lobe of pronotum; MT = metanotum; T = lateral triangle]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/201562/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). Genital segments well exposed; segment I cylindrical, unmodified; proctiger without lateral projections; parameres symmetrical.
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<paragraph id="4A2B36AF2C49A829FF214B57C400A777" blockId="2.[151,1437,354,2035]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Apterous female BL 1.52–1.57, ANT I 0.17–0.18, ANT II 0.11, ANT III 0.18–0.19, ANT IV 0.32–0.33, INT 0.22–0.24, PL 0.19–0.24, PW 0.40–0.47.</paragraph>
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Color as in male, with maculae on abdominal tergite IV darker. Body larger and more rounded, wider on region of abdominal tergite I. Sparse dark setae present on abdominal tergite I.
<collectingCountry id="3283763F2C49A829FC334B22C26CA7AF" box="[983,1039,1146,1170]" name="India" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Hind</collectingCountry>
femur slightly thicker than others, without spines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4A2B36AF2C49A829FF214B9BC4BBA7C3" blockId="2.[151,1437,354,2035]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Macropterous female BL 1.62–1.93, ANT I 0.15–0.19, ANT II 0.11–0.12, ANT III 0.18–0.22, ANT IV 0.31– 0.32, INT 0.22–0.23, PL 0.41–0.51, PW 0.66–0.71.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4A2B36AF2C49A829FF214A52C4FEA523" blockId="2.[151,1437,354,2035]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Color darker than in apterous forms. Pronotum brown, with a transversal yellow stripe anteriorly, with width similar to that of base of head, except eyes. Thoracic sternites yellow, marked by brown, dark brown on intersegmental area. Abdominal tergites brown, darker on anterior portion; IV–VII with longitudinal yellow stripe. Venter of abdomen centrally brown, yellow on sides. Forewing brown, with area inside cells and apex whitish. Pronotum long, subpentagonal, divided into anterior and posterior lobes, with weak longitudinal median carina, and humeri slightly elevated. Anterior lobe of pronotum with a transversal row of punctuations adjacent to anterior margin; another row between anterior and posterior lobes. Posterior lobe with several punctuations and posterior angle rounded. Wings slightly passing apex of body.</paragraph>
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material.
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<collectingCountry id="3283763F2C49A829FE634972C7ADA57F" box="[391,462,1578,1602]" name="Brazil" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, Espírito Santo, Vitória, Porto de Tubarão, Lagoa 0 7 [-20.256025 / -40.248818],
<date id="3E2A106F2C49A829FF734916C741A55B" box="[151,290,1614,1638]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" value="2009-12-17">17.XII.2009</date>
, (J. L. Nessimian): 1 apterous male [
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], 2 apterous males, 2 apterous females, 3 macropterous females [
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] (
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).
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FF2149CFC728A592" bold="true" box="[197,331,1687,1711]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Etymology.</emphasis>
Named in honor of Dr. Jorge Luiz Nessimian, entomologist and friend.
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FF2349E2C72FA5EE" bold="true" box="[199,332,1722,1747]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Discussion.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FEB749E3C42FA5EE" box="[339,588,1723,1747]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Microvelia nessimiani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FDB049E3C4CDA5EE" bold="true" box="[596,686,1723,1747]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is described as belonging to the subgenus
<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FB6B49E3C29CA5EE" box="[1167,1279,1723,1747]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Kirkaldya</emphasis>
Torre-Bueno, 1910, based on antennomere I (ANT I) longer than head width between eyes (INT), a feature used in keys of both
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and
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to separate the subgenera
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FBC9485BC2C4A426" box="[1069,1191,1795,1819]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Microvelia</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FAC6485BC3FFA426" box="[1314,1436,1795,1819]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Microvelia</emphasis>
(
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)
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. In the case of
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FE2A487FC4AAA402" box="[462,713,1831,1855]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Microvelia nessimiani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FD35487FC54EA402" bold="true" box="[721,813,1831,1855]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, however, only males display ANT I longer than INT, whereas females have ANT I slightly shorter than INT. Such a fact shows that this feature should be reevaluated in a revision of the subgenera of
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FE0D4837C400A4BA" box="[489,611,1903,1927]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Microvelia</emphasis>
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from the New World, which is not possible for the authors at the moment because of lack of specimens of several species, especially those from the Nearctic Region.
</paragraph>
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Another problem for the definition of subgenera or species-groups of New World
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FB9D48EFC290A4F2" box="[1145,1267,1975,1999]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Microvelia</emphasis>
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is that several species are known only in the macropterous forms, such as those of the
<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FC284884C223A4CE" box="[972,1088,2012,2035]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">marginata</emphasis>
group
<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C49A829FB764884C2B3A4CE" box="[1170,1232,2012,2035]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">sensu</emphasis>
Nieser &amp; Alkins- Koo (1991). Being macropterous, the pronotum is always well-developed and covers all of the thorax, leaving no room for its use as a diagnostic feature or as a character to be used in a data matrix.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FF734A69C758A67B" bold="true" box="[151,315,1329,1352]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">FIGURES 2–5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FEA54A69C441A67A" box="[321,546,1329,1351]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Microvelia nessimiani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FDCD4A6AC401A67A" bold="true" box="[553,610,1330,1351]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">n. sp.</emphasis>
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2. Apterous male, dorsal view. 3. Apterous female, dorsal view. 4. Apterous thorax, male, dorsal view. 5. Hind leg, male. Scale bar = 1.00 mm. [P1 = anterior superficial lobe of pronotum; P2 = posterior superficial lobe of pronotum; MT = metanotum; T = lateral triangle]
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Finally, the interpretation of the dorsal thoracic sclerites of Neotropical
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FBF94AE9C2F4A6F4" box="[1053,1175,1457,1481]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Microvelia</emphasis>
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changed considerably through time. According to
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, the basic apterous thorax of
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FBDF4A8DC2D6A6D0" box="[1083,1205,1493,1517]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Microvelia</emphasis>
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would be composed of a pronotum of variable length, a mesonotum divided in two lobes (partially or totally covered by pronotum in some cases), and by lateral metathoracic triangles. The interpretation seen on
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and followed here, however, is more consistent with other groups of
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, and defines a pronotum, which can be more or less extended backwards, a simple mesonotum and a metanotum sided by lateral triangles.
</paragraph>
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Being so, the apterous pronotum of
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FDB949D2C498A59C" box="[605,763,1674,1697]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">M. nessimiani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FCE749D2C53DA59F" bold="true" box="[771,862,1674,1698]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is here described as consisting of a relatively long pronotum divided into two superficial lobes, which covers mesonotum, but leaves metanotum fully exposed (
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). According to
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interpretation, which was probably used at least on the majority of species descriptions between the decades of
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, the thorax of
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FC2449AEC23CA430" box="[960,1119,1782,1805]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">M. nessimiani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FB8349ADC2A1A430" bold="true" box="[1127,1218,1781,1805]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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would consist of a pronotum that covers about half of the mesonotum only, the actual metanotum corresponding to the posterior lobe of the mesonotum in their view. This arrangement was given on the original descriptions of
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FB534866C353A468" box="[1207,1328,1853,1877]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">M. chilena</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FEDB483AC7B7A444" box="[319,468,1890,1913]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">M. costaiana</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="2E054B5E2C48A828FE384839C480A444" author="Drake" box="[476,739,1889,1914]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66" refString="Drake, C. J. &amp; Hussey, R. F. (1951) Concerning some American Microvelia (Hemiptera: Veliidae). Florida Entomologist, 34, 137 - 145." type="journal article" year="1951">Drake &amp; Hussey, 1951</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FD15483AC5E1A444" box="[753,898,1890,1913]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">M. inannana</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="2E054B5E2C48A828FC6F4839C2EBA444" author="Drake" box="[907,1160,1889,1913]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66" refString="Drake, C. J. &amp; Hottes, F. C. (1952) New neogaean water-striders of the genus Microvelia (Hemiptera; Veliidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 51, 63 - 67." type="journal article" year="1952">Drake &amp; Hottes, 1952</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FB27483AC353A444" box="[1219,1328,1890,1913]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">M. quieta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="2E054B5E2C48A828FADD4839C724A4A0" author="Drake" pageId="3" pageNumber="66" refString="Drake, C. J. &amp; Carvalho, J. C. M. (1954) New waterstriders from Brazil (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 67, 223 - 226." type="journal article" year="1954">Drake &amp; Carvalho, 1954</bibRefCitation>
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, none of which has spines on male hind femur.
</paragraph>
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Taking in consideration South American species which display spines on male hind femur,
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FB3048F2C311A4FC" box="[1236,1394,1962,1985]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">M. nessimiani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FA9E48F2C6ABA4D8" bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is similar to
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FE874896C7BCA4D8" box="[355,479,1997,2021]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">M. mimula</emphasis>
White, 1879
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8D944D2C2C48A828FD614896C59BA4D8" authority="McKinstry, 1937" authorityName="McKinstry" authorityYear="1937" box="[645,1016,1997,2021]" class="Insecta" family="Veliidae" genus="Microvelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peruviensis">
<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FD614896C54FA4D8" box="[645,812,1998,2021]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">M. peruviensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="2E054B5E2C48A828FCD14895C59BA4D8" author="McKinstry" box="[821,1016,1997,2021]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66" refString="McKinstry, A. P. (1937) Some new species [of] Microvelia (Veliidae, Hemiptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 10, 30 - 41." type="journal article" year="1937">McKinstry, 1937</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C48A828FBD34896C2DCA4D8" box="[1079,1215,1998,2021]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">M. trinitatis</emphasis>
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, 1943
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. Only macropterous and brachypterous specimens of the last species are known, all with a well-developed pronotum, which bears anteriorly a peculiar light band with two broad lobes extending to posterior lobe of pronotum. Moreover, general color of
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFE6A4FB9C477A3C5" box="[398,532,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">M. trinitatis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is cinnamon, whereas specimens of
<taxonomicName id="8D944D2C2C4FA82FFC4A4FB9C228A3C5" box="[942,1099,225,248]" class="Insecta" family="Veliidae" genus="Microvelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nessimiani" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFC4A4FB9C228A3C5" box="[942,1099,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">M. nessimiani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFBB64FB8C2CFA3C5" bold="true" box="[1106,1196,224,248]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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have almost all body yellow, except for the dark marks on connexives.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4A2B36AF2C4FA82FFF214E7FC6B8A162" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,607]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
Besides the spines on hind femur, males of
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFD574E71C54EA27D" box="[691,813,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">M. mimula</emphasis>
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can be identified because of the long horn-like projections on the sides of the proctiger. These projections are not seen in
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFC744E15C24DA259" box="[912,1070,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">M. nessimiani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="63D357C62C4FA82FFBD04E15C2E4A259" box="[1076,1159,333,356]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
, the proctiger displaying lateral margins only slightly convex. Males of
<taxonomicName id="8D944D2C2C4FA82FFD544E29C548A2B5" box="[688,811,368,392]" class="Insecta" family="Veliidae" genus="Microvelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mimula">
<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFD544E29C548A2B5" box="[688,811,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">M. mimula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also have only one spine row on hind femur, whereas those of
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFF184ECDC7F8A291" box="[252,411,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">M. nessimiani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFE404ECCC463A291" bold="true" box="[420,512,404,428]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="63D357C62C4FA82FFE404ECCC463A291" box="[420,512,404,428]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
have two. Finally, the new species can be differentiated from
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFB344ECDC314A291" box="[1232,1399,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">M. peruviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by being smaller (males with body length 1.35–1.46 vs.
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFCD14EE1C5B9A2ED" box="[821,986,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">M. peruviensis</emphasis>
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), lighter in coloration (specimens of
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<emphasis id="78E0EABD2C4FA82FFA994EE1C774A2C9" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="67">M. peruviensis</emphasis>
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are brown with markings of yellow), and for having parameres of same the size (in
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the left one is much larger than the right one).
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mentions only that the hind femur of
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is covered by short sharp spines on the ventral surface, but does not mention in how many rows they might be organized.
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