Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860)

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Diagnosis. Polymorphic apterous, micropterous, or macropterous; body length 4.5–5.1 mm; anterior margin of pronotum narrower than or subequal to head width through eyes, anterolateral corners not projected; in apterous or micropterous specimens, angulate metanotal projections not exposed; male paramere slightly constricted at midlength, tapering towards apex (Rodrigues et al. 2021).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Conceição da Barra, Reserva Biológica do Córrego Grande, stream; alt. 49 m; –18.2369, –39.8251; 25. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 2 males, 3 females, CEIOC 82897 • Ibatiba, weir; alt. 782 m; −20.2602, −41.6068; 22. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 2 females, CEIOC 81846 • Ibatiba, pond; alt. 671 m; −20.2650, −41.5461; 22. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 81847 • Iúna, weir; alt. 711 m; −20.3503, −41.5579; 21. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 2 females, CEIOC 81848 • Jaguaré, pond; alt. 35 m; −19.0217, −39.9443; 27. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82248 • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica do Córrego do Veado, Algas; [– 18.37, –40.14]; 21.I.2010; 1 male, UFVB • Same except Córrego Santo Antônio; –18.3714, –40.1416; 21. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala, A Gomes leg.; 1 male, UFVB • Santa Teresa, weir; alt. 823 m; −19.9356, −40.6690; 23. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82247 • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Paraisópolis Stream, marginal vegetation; alt. 38 m; –18.9842, –40.2423; 15.VII.2008; FF Salles leg.; 1 male, UFVB • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Rodrigues Stream; −19.0269, −40.2276; 23.IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 21235 .— Rio de Janeiro • Nova Iguaçu, Reserva Biológica do Tinguá, CEDAE dam; −22.5873, −43.4369; 12.IX.2016; JF Barbosa, LL Dumas, JL Nessimian leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 81550 • Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional da Tijuca; −22.9591, −43.2786; 04.XII.2016; FFF Moreira, Y Wang leg.; 2 males, 1 female, CEIOC 81549 • Sumidouro, Bela Joana; −22.0072, −42.6485; 28.IX.2016; JF Barbosa, LL Dumas, JL Nessimian leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81548 • Same except do Encanto River, bridge on the road; −22.0079, −42.6456; 1 female, CEIOC 81551 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, BA, CE, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PE, PI, RJ, RR, SC, SE, SP.