Microvelia mimula White, 1879

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 : 21

Microvelia mimula White, 1879

Fig. 13B, C

Diagnosis. Body length 1.2–2.4 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 long lateral projections (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Águia Branca , stream with electric fence; alt. 216 m; −18.8734, −40.7789; 20. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82958 • Conceição da Barra , floodplain; alt. 21 m; −18.6341, −39.8141; 23. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 3 males, 1 female, CEIOC 82956 • 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.; 1 male, 5 females, CEIOC 82966 • Conceição da Barra , ponto 11, puddle on the side of the road; −18.6340, −39.8140; 01. V.2009; FFF Moreira leg.; 4 males, 1 female, UFVB • Ecoporanga, Lajeado Stream ; alt. 187 m; −18.2178, −40.5805; 21. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 5 males, 6 females, CEIOC 82942 • Ecoporanga , swamp; alt. 438 m; −18.3444, −40.8792; 21. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 4 males, 1 female, CEIOC 82963 • Itapemerim , pond; alt. 56 m; −20.9992, −41.1050; 25. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81829 • Linhares, Floresta Nacional de Goytacazes, tributary paleo-riverbed of Doce River ; alt. 25 m; −19.4376, −40.0768; 28. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82221 • Mucurici, Ribeirão Itauninhas ; alt. 213 m; −18.0533, −40.5434; 21. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82944 • Santa Teresa, Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi, lake beside the lodge; alt. 784 m; −19.9061, −40.5625; 22. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, 2 females, CEIOC 82222 • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Rodrigues Stream, white sheet; alt. 44 m; –19.0268, –40.2275; 29.IV.2009; FF Salles leg.; 1 male, 2 females, UFVB • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, weir; alt. 21 m; −18.9973, −40.0169; 26.VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 9 males, 5 females, CEIOC 82223 .— Minas Gerais • Alto Caparaó, Parque Nacional do Caparaó , Acampamento Macieira, swamp; alt. 1853 m; −20.4811, −41.8288; 25. III.2009; FF Salles leg.; 2 males, 2 females, UFVB • Pedralva , light trap; −22.2, −45.5; 29. III.2018; APA Luna Dias leg.; 14 males, 38 females, CEIOC 81311 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, AM, BA, CE, ES, MA, MG, MS, MT, PA, PI, RJ, RS, SC, SE, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Collected specimens (A, B), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (C). Gerromorpha, Gerridae. A. Microvelia longipes, macropterous female from Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.5297, −42.3221). F. Microvelia mimula, macropterous male from Pedralva, Minas Gerais (−22.2, −45.5). Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records. Scale bars: 1 mm.