Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulata (Burmeister, 1835)

Berchi, Gavril Marius & Kment, Petr, 2015, Review of the family Veliidae in Romania (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), Zootaxa 3963 (1) : -

Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulata (Burmeister, 1835)

Published records. Microvelia schneideri: Horváth (1898, 1897 ), Montandon (1907), Sienkiewicz (1964), Benedek (1970). Microvelia reticulata: Kecskés (1997, 1999 ), Davideanu (1999), Ilie (2001, 2007, 2009), Olosutean & Ilie (2008a, 2010), Ilie & Olosutean (2009), Ilie & Ban-Calefariu (2010).

Material examined. ROMANIA: Bihor county: Albiș [pool], 47°21ʹ51ʺN 22°14ʹ51ʺE, 140 m a.s.l., 5. v.2012, 1 ♀ (ma); Ateaș [stream], 46°54ʹ15ʺN 21°38ʹ36ʺE, 92 m a.s.l., 4. v.2012, 1 ♂ (ap) 7 ♀♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma); Bolcaş [stream], 47°21ʹ24ʺN 22°13ʹ50ʺE, 125 m a.s.l., 5. v.2012, 1 ♀ (ap); Budureasa [swamp], 46°40ʹ53ʺN 22°29ʹ02ʺE, 345 m a.s.l., 23. vi.2013, 1 ♀ (ap); Cherechiu [stream], 47°24ʹ05ʺN 22°06ʹ29ʺE, 104 m a.s.l., 5. v.2012, 1 ♂ (ap) 2 ♂♂ (ma) 2 ♀♀ (ap) 2 ♀♀ (ma); Roşiori [stream], 47°14ʹ10ʺN 21°56ʹ44ʺE, 111 m a.s.l., 5. v.2012, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 1 ♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma). Bistrița-Năsăud county: Bichigiu [pond], 47°23ʹ57ʺN 24°22ʹ42ʺE, 535 m a.s.l., 31. vii.2011, 1 ♀ (ma). Botoșani county: Dragalina [stream], 48°02ʹ36ʺN 26°27ʹ04ʺE, 149 m a.s.l., 3. viii.2012, 2 ♂♂ (ap). Buzău county: Haleș [intermittent stream], 45°11ʹ54ʺN 26°33ʹ34ʺE, 207 m a.s.l., 31. vii.2012, 1 ♀ (ap). Cluj county: Țaga [stream], 46°56ʹ31ʺN 24°03ʹ26ʺE, 266 m a.s.l., 8. viii.2011, 1 ♀ (ap). Călărași county: Ciocănești [stream], 44°11ʹ37ʺN 27°00ʹ44ʺE, 12 m a.s.l., 20. vii.2014, 1 ♂ (ap) 1 ♀ (ap); Oltenița [pool], 44°05ʹ37ʺN 26°38ʹ10ʺE, 23 m a.s.l., 20. vii.2014, 1 ♀ (ap). Caraș-Severin county: Caransebeş [pool], 45°25ʹ07ʺN 22°11ʹ18ʺE, 224 m a.s.l., 12. v.2012, 1 ♂ (ap) 2 ♀♀ (ap); Mehadica [pool], 45°02ʹ12ʺN 22°16ʹ18ʺE, 298 m a.s.l., 29. viii.2012, 1 ♂ (ap) 1 ♂ (ma) 6 ♀♀ (ap). Dâmbovița county: Ghimpați [stream], 44°40ʹ27ʺN 25°48ʹ46ʺE, 131 m a.s.l., 21. vii.2014, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 1 ♂ (ma) 2 ♀♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma). Galați county: Oancea [stream], 45°55ʹ15ʺN 28°06ʹ37ʺE, 12 m a.s.l., 1. viii.2012, 1 ♂ (ma) 1 ♀ (ma). Giurgiu county: Pietrele [stream], 44°03ʹ14ʺN 26°07ʹ40ʺE, 21 m a.s.l., 20. vii.2014, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 2 ♀♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma); Puțu Greci [pool], 44°08ʹ07ʺN 26°20ʹ16ʺE, 54 m a.s.l., 20. vii.2014, 1 ♀ (ap) 3 ♀♀ (ma); Schitu [stream], 44°09ʹ32ʺN 25°50ʹ09ʺE, 61 m a.s.l., 20. vii.2014, 1 ♂ (ap) 1 ♂ (ma) 1 ♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma). Iași county: Scobinți [stream], 47°24ʹ29ʺN 26°55ʹ40ʺE, 128 m a.s.l., 3. viii.2012, 1 ♂ (ma) 2 ♀♀ (ma). Mehedinți county: Pătulele [stream], 44°20ʹ59ʺN 22°46ʹ44ʺE, 71 m a.s.l., 26. vii.2012, 1 ♂ (ma). Neamț county: Vânători Neamţ [pond], 47°15ʹ07ʺN 26°14ʹ36ʺE, 469 m a.s.l., 1. viii.2011, 1 ♀ (ap). Olt county: Dăneasa [stream], 44°07ʹ34ʺN 24°34ʹ33ʺE, 66 m a.s.l., 19. vii.2014, 1 ♂ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma); Siliștioara [stream], 43°46ʹ17ʺN 24°32ʹ27ʺE, 36 m a.s.l., 28. vii.2012, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 1 ♂ (ma) 4 ♀♀ (ap). Prahova county: Bărăitaru [stream], 44°51ʹ14ʺN 26°20ʹ17ʺE, 79 m a.s.l., 21. vii.2014, 1 ♂ (ap) 5 ♀♀ (ap); Străoști [stream], 45°01ʹ51ʺN 26°13ʹ31ʺE, 136 m a.s.l., 30. vii.2012, 5 ♂♂ (ap) 1 ♂ (ma) 12 ♀♀ (ap) 4 ♀♀ (ma). Satu Mare county: Doba [stream], 47°45ʹ22ʺN 22°42ʹ05ʺE, 123 m a.s.l., 26. vi.2013, 2 ♂♂ (ma) 3 ♀♀ (ap) 3 ♀♀ (ma); Sâi [stream], 47°41ʹ41ʺN 23°09ʹ47ʺE, 155 m a.s.l., 25. vi.2013, 2 ♀♀ (ma). Sălaj county: Plopiș [pond], 47°06ʹ57ʺN 22°37ʹ47ʺE, 320 m a.s.l., 24. vi.2013, 1 ♂ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma). Teleorman county: Izvoarele [stream], 43°48ʹ52ʺN 25°23ʹ29ʺE, 48 m a.s.l., 19. vii.2014, 1 ♀ (ma); Mavrodin [stream], 44°01ʹ28ʺN 25°13ʹ41ʺE, 49 m a.s.l., 29. vii.2012, 1 ♀ (ap); Perii Broşteni [stream], 44°12ʹ14ʺN 25°14ʹ52ʺE, 82 m a.s.l., 29. vii.2012, 1 ♂ (ap) 1 ♂ (ma) 1 ♀ (ap); Roșiori de Vede [pool], 44°02ʹ54ʺN 24°58ʹ38ʺE, 90 m a.s.l., 19. vii.2014, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 1 ♂ (ma) 3 ♀♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma); Turnu Măgurele [stream], 43°44ʹ40ʺN 24°49ʹ39ʺE, 27 m a.s.l., 29. vii.2012, 2 ♀♀ (ap). Timiș county: Moraviţa [stream], 45°15ʹ05ʺN 21°15ʹ57ʺE, 79 m a.s.l., 12. v.2012, 1 ♀ (ap); Moşniţa Nouă [stream], 45°43ʹ45ʺN 21°17ʹ32ʺE, 94 m a.s.l., 3. vi.2012, 5 ♂♂ (ap) 1 ♂ (ma) 6 ♀♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma); Satchinez [stream], 45°57ʹ20ʺN 21°02ʹ39ʺE, 84 m a.s.l., 26. ii.2012, 1 ♂ (ap). Tulcea county: Smârdan [pool], 45°15ʹ39ʺN 28°03ʹ43ʺE, 13 m a.s.l., 21. vii.2014, 1 ♂ (ap) 1 ♀ (ap). Vaslui county: Simila [stream], 46°15ʹ45ʺN 27°42ʹ23ʺE, 72 m a.s.l., 2. viii.2012, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 2 ♂♂ (ma) 2 ♀♀ (ap).

Remarks. Microvelia reticulata is the commonest representative of the Veliidae in Romania occurring in slow running streams, swamps and ponds with rich macrophyte vegetation. It was found in all the regions of the country at altitudes between 10 and 550 m a.s.l. ( Fig. 5 ), occasionally in sympatry with M. buenoi and M. pygmaea .

General distribution. Euro-Siberian species distributed in most of the European countries, reaching eastern Asia, up to Korea and Japan ( Andersen 1995; Protić 1998; Kanyukova 2006; Coulianos et al. 2008; Fent et al. 2011; Aukema et al. 2013).

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FIGURE 5. Boxplots representing the altitudinal ranges of Veliidae in Romania.