Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894

Canejo, Rafael P. R., Melo, Alan Lane De & Rodrigues, Higor D. D., 2023, Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, including a new synonymy, Zootaxa 5357 (2), pp. 151-185 : 172

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10017980
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scientific name	Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894
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Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894 View in CoL

( Figs. 14A–C View FIGURE 14 , 15 View FIGURE 15 )

Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894: 218 View in CoL (original description).

Identification. Our specimens were identified based on the body color brown; the body length around 2 mm; and the absence of black spinules on the ventral margin of the middle femur ( Figs. 14A–C View FIGURE 14 ) ( Moreira et al. 2008; Floriano et al. 2016a).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Norte: Balneáreo Pium, 20-IX-2019, 5°57’14.3”S 35°09’41.7”W GoogleMaps ; R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (1♀ apterous DPIC); Canguaretama, Rio Curimataú , 6°24’13.7”S, 35°08’03.8”W, 31-X-2020 GoogleMaps , R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF); Itajá, açude em Itajá , 5°43’36.0”S, 36°46’20.9”W, 02-X-2020 GoogleMaps , R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Nísia Floresta, riacho beira da praia de Búzios , 6°00’55.3”S, 35°06’32.2”W, 20-IX-2019 GoogleMaps , R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF); Parnamirim, Riacho Taborda , 5°57’14.3”S, 35°09’41.7”W, 20-IX-2019 GoogleMaps , R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF); Parnamirim, Rio Pitimbu, Vale Encantado , 5°55’56.3”S, 35°10’47.3”W, 17-VII-2022 GoogleMaps , R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF); Serra de São Bento, Riacho Macacos , 6°24’30.8”S, 35°41’45.1”W, 13-VIII-2022 GoogleMaps , R.P. R. Canejo leg. (5♀ apterous CEAAVF) .