Platyvelia brachialis ( Stål, 1860 )

Moreira, F. F. F., Nessimian, J. L., Rúdio, J. A. & Salles, F. F., 2010, New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), Journal of Natural History 44 (45 - 46), pp. 2761-2801 : 2792

Platyvelia brachialis ( Stål, 1860)

This species has wide distribution throughout the western hemisphere, being known from the USA, Mexico Antilles, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Suriname, Brazil (GO, MG, ES, RJ, SC), Peru and Argentina ( Stål 1860; Champion 1898; Nieser and Alkins-Koo 1991; Polhemus and Polhemus 1993; Nieser and Melo 1997; Torres et al. 2008). Nieser and Melo (1997) previously recorded P. brachialis from Espírito Santo State, but without citing specific localities.

Examined material

Brazil: Espírito Santo – Conceição da Barra, Rio , vegetação marginal [18 ◦ 35 ′ 18.3 ′′ S, 39 ◦ 51 ′ 37.9 ′′ W], 15 April 2008, (J.A. Rúdio and F.F. Salles): 1 brachypterous male. Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica Córrego dos Veados , Rio Santo Antônio, Sede [18 ◦ 22 ′ 16.8 ′′ S, 40 ◦ 8 ′ 30.2 ′′ W 55 m asl], 10 February 2009, (F.F.F. Moreira): 2 brachypterous males, 1 brachypterous female. São Mateus, Sítio São Lázaro, Represa [18 ◦ 43 ′ 23 ′′ S, 39 ◦ 54 ′ 42 ′′ W], 20 November 2007 (J.A. Rúdio and F.F. Salles): 1 brachypterous female. Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama , Córrego Paraisópolis [18 ◦ 59 ′ 3 ′′ S, 40 ◦ 14 ′ 32.3 ′′ W 38 m asl], 15 July 2008, (J.A. Rúdio and F.F. Salles): 1 macropterous male .