Microvelia ayacuchana Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1952

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Nery, Leticia, Rodrigues, Higor D. D. & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Survey of the semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 103-159 : 133

Microvelia ayacuchana Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1952

( Figs 83 , 90 )

Geographical distribution: Brazil ( Spangler & Froeschner 1987), Guyana ( Spangler & Froeschner 1987), Suriname ( Spangler & Froeschner 1987), Venezuela ( Drake & Maldonado-Capriles 1952).

Distribution in Brazil: AL*, ES ( Moreira et al. 2010), PA ( Spangler & Froeschner 1987; Moreira & Campos 2012), PI ( Cordeiro & Moreira 2015), SE*.

Material examined: BRAZIL • Alagoas • 2 males, 1 female, 1 nymph; Quebrangulo, RBPT, Rio Cafuringa , parte alta; -9.245200, -36.421710; 05 Jul. 2018, C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 81229 . • Sergipe • 1 male; Areia Branca, PNSI , Riacho Negro ; -10.747540, -37.340150; 08 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 81228 .

Figures

FIGURE 90. Geographical distribution of Microvelia ayacuchana, M. hinei, M. longipes, M. mimula, M. pulchella, M. quieta and M. venustatis in Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil. Star indicates previously published record.

FIGURES 83–87. Collected specimens, dorsal view. 83. Microvelia ayacuchana. 84. M. hinei. 85. M. longipes. 86. M. mimula. 87. M. pulchella. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.