Mesovelia mulsanti White, 1879

Motta, Flávia Souza Da, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Crumière, Antonin Jean Johan, Santos, Maria Emília & Khila, Abderrahman, 2018, A new species of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from French Guiana, with new records of Gerromorpha from the country, Zootaxa 4433 (3), pp. 520-530 : 526

Mesovelia mulsanti White, 1879

This is one of the most widely distributed species of the genus, occurring from Canada to Argentina in the Americas, as well as in the Hawaiian Islands where it was introduced ( Gagné & Howarth 1975, Cordeiro & Moreira 2015). The first records from French Guiana are presented here.

Material examined. FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne — Remire-Montjoly, Lake Montjoly, N 0 4.92663, W 0 52.27654, 09.III.2014, (A. Khila; M. E. Santos; A. J. J. Crumière): 12 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 6 apterous females, 1 macropterous female, 8 nymphs ( IGFL) . Matoury , mini-swamp before reaching the bridge of the Cayenne river, N 0 4.89942, W 0 52.36203, 10.III.2014, (A. Khila; M. E. Santos; A. J. J. Crumière): 1 apterous male, 5 macropterous males, 3 males with broken wings, 1 apterous female, 4 macropterous females, 1 female with broken wings, 2 nymphs ( IGFL) . Macouria , Crique Patate, puddle, N 0 4.94416, W 0 52.48671, 10.III.2014, (A. Khila; M. E. Santos; A. J. J. Crumière): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female ( IGFL) .