Microvelia quieta Drake & Carvalho, 1954

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5393 (1), pp. 1-86 : 25-26

Microvelia quieta Drake & Carvalho, 1954

Fig. 16B, D

Diagnosis. Body length 1.8–2.0 mm; apterous pronotum completely covering mesonotum; male terminalia not sinistrally rotated; venter of male abdominal segment VIII not centrally depressed; male proctiger with a pair of short lateral projections (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Iúna, do Chiador Waterfall ; alt. 971 m; −20.3328, −41.7558; 21.III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 7 males, 5 females, CEIOC 81837 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, BA, ES*, MG, MT, PI, SE.

Figures

FIGURE 16.A–B. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Gerridae. A. Microvelia pulchella, macropterous male from São José do Barreiro, São Paulo (−22.7262, −42.6276). B. Microvelia quieta, apterous male from Iúna, Espírito Santo (−20.3328, −41.7558). C–D. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. C. Microvelia pulchella. D. Microvelia quieta. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records. Scale bars: 1 mm.