Microvelia longipes Uhler, 1894

Moreira, F. F. F., Nessimian, J. L., Rúdio, J. A. & Salles, F. F., 2010, New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), Journal of Natural History 44 (45 - 46), pp. 2761-2801 : 2790

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.512423

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scientific name

Microvelia longipes Uhler, 1894
status

 

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This species was previously known from the Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil (MG, MS, SC), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina ( Drake 1952; Drake and Plaumann 1953, 1955; Drake and Hussey 1955; Nieser and Melo 1997), and is recorded for the first time from Espírito Santo State.

Examined material

Brazil: Espírito Santo – Pancas , sítio na beira da estrada, brejo, ES-10 , 28 March 2009 (F.F.F. Moreira): 2 macropterous males, 1 apterous male [−19.23781 ◦ / −40.80644 ◦, 99 m asl] .

Drake CJ. 1952. Two new Microvelia Westwood (Hemiptera: Veliidae). Bull Brooklyn Entomol Soc. 47: 13 - 15.

Drake CJ, Plaumann F. 1953. A new water strider from Brazil (Hemiptera: Veliidae). Dusenia. 4 (5 - 6): 414 - 416.

Drake CJ, Hussey RF. 1955. Concerning the genus Microvelia Westwood, with descriptions of two new species and a check-list of American forms (Hemiptera: Veliidae). Fla Entomol. 38 (3): 95 - 115.

Nieser N, Melo AL. 1997. Os Heteropteros Aquaticos de Minas Gerais. Guia Introdutorio com Chave de Identificacao para as Especies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG. 180 pp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Veliidae

Genus

Microvelia