Microvelia mimula White, 1879

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 : 134

Microvelia mimula White, 1879

( Figs 86 , 90 )

Geographical distribution: Argentina ( Jensen-Haarup 1920), Barbados ( Peck 1981), Brazil ( White 1879b), Colombia (Moreno et al. 2018), Costa Rica ( Pacheco-Chaves et al. 2014), Cuba ( Nieser 1977), Ecuador ( Drake & Hussey 1951), French Guiana ( Motta et al. 2018), Galápagos Islands ( Buzzetti & Cianferoni 2011), Grenada ( Uhler 1894a), Panama ( Drake & Hussey 1955), Paraguay ( Drake & Hussey 1951), Peru (Drake 1952), Puerto Rico ( Drake & Maldonado-Capriles 1954), Saint Vincent & the Grenadines ( Uhler 1893), Suriname ( Makhan 2014), Trinidad & Tobago ( McKinstry 1937), Uruguay ( Mazzucconi & Bachmann 2003), Venezuela ( Drake & Plaumann 1953).

Distribution in Brazil: AL*, AM ( White 1879b; Pereira & Melo 2007; Moreira et al. 2011d; Cordeiro & Moreira 2015), CE ( Moreira & Campos 2012), ES ( Moreira et al. 2010), MG ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004; Pelli et al. 2006; Moreira et al. 2010), MS ( McKinstry 1937; Drake & Plaumann 1953), MT ( Heckman 1998), PA ( Moreira et al. 2011d; Moreira & Campos 2012; Cunha & Juen 2020), RJ ( Drake & Hussey 1951; Moreira et al. 2012), SC ( Drake & Hussey 1951), SE*, SP ( Drake & Plaumann 1955; Moreira & Barbosa 2011).

Material examined: BRAZIL • Alagoas • 2 males; Murici , EEM; -9.222430, -35.870060; 28 Apr. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 81250 . • 1 male, 3 females, 1 nymph; same data, except: -9.253980, -35.801040; CEIOC 81251 . • 1 female; Murici , -9.276944, -35.959722; 25 Sep. 2017; L-0013; H. Rodrigues & K. Paresque col.; MZUSP . • 3 males, 4 females; Penedo , jusante da represa; -10.294167, -36.510833; alt. 10 m, 16 Sep. 2017; L-0002; H. Rodrigues col.; MZUSP . • 1 male; Quebrangulo, RBPT , poça; -9.253750, -36.430720; 05 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 81249 . • 10 males, 20 females; Viçosa, Fazenda Baixa Funda ; -9.324022, -36.282647; alt. 284 m; 14 Sep. 2017; L-0001; H. Rodrigues & K. Paresque col.; MZUSP . • Sergipe • 1 male, 2 females, 1 nymph; Areia Branca, PNSI , Riacho Vermelho ; -10.738680, -37.335370; 08 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 81248 . • 2 males; same data, except: Riacho Negro ; -10.747540, -37.340150; CEIOC 81252 . • 5 males, 2 females; Pirambu, RBSI, Lagoa Redonda ; -10.665000, -36.773110; 01 May 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 81247 .

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.