Neogerris magnus (Kuitert)

Dias-Silva, Karina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Giehl, Nubia França Da Silva, Nóbrega, Caroline Correa & Cabette, Helena Soares Ramos, 2013, Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of eastern Mato Grosso State, Brazil: checklist, new records, and species distribution modeling, Zootaxa 3736 (3), pp. 201-235 : 209

Neogerris magnus (Kuitert)

Distribution in Brazil: AP, PA, AM, MT!

Biological aspects: The only examined specimen was collected on a spring surrounded by forest, but with marks of cattle on the floor.

Comments: This species is herein recorded for the first time from the Central-West ( Fig. 3 ). The distribution modeling showed low environmental suitability for the species on MT, contrary to areas on the northern Brazil, where it was previously recorded, and on Northeast and Southeast, where is has not yet been collected.

Material examined: PT 29, (1♂), [nº 3318], 27.IX.2007.

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FIGURE 3. Predicted distribution of Neogerris magnus in Brazil based on literature and collections on eastern Mato Grosso.