Halobatopsis spiniventris Drake & Harris, 1936

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5393 (1), pp. 1-86 : 31-32

Halobatopsis spiniventris Drake & Harris, 1936

Figs. 20C, F

Diagnosis. Body length 3.6–4.0 mm; apterous mesonotum with longitudinal black marks; male abdominal segment VIII with ventral spine; male fore femur without tubercle on basal fourth; female abdominal laterotergites vertical to reflected over mediotergites ( Nieser & Melo 1999).

New records. BRAZIL — Minas Gerais • Piranguçu, São Bernardo Waterfall ; −22.5782, −45.4872; 01.X.2017; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, TS Martins leg.; 11 males, 9 females, CEIOC 77284 .— São Paulo • Campos do Jordão, Maria Clara Ranch , pond; −22.6645, −45.5617; 29.IX.2017; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, TS Martins leg.; 2 males, 1 female, CEIOC 77285 • Same except stream on the road, station 3; −22.6420, −45.5499; 1 male, 3 females, CEIOC 77286 • São José do Barreiro, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina, Mambucaba River ; −22.7429, −44.6165; 07. II .2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , FS Motta, B Clarkson leg.; 10 males, 9 females, CEIOC 21223 • Same except stream tributary to Mambucaba River ; −22.7549, −44.6186; 08. II .2015; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 17518 , 21216 • Same except −22.7363, −44.6159; 07. II .2015; 2 females, CEIOC 21215 , 21218 • Same except Santo Isidro Waterfall ; −22.7481, −44.6145; 9 males, 15 females, CEIOC 17519 • Same except Flora Mariana Farm , artificial lake; −22.7266, −44.6276; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 17520 .

Distribution in Brazil. MG*, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 20. Collected specimens (A–C), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (D−F). A. Metrobates vigilis, apterous male from Divinópolis, Minas Gerais (−20.2594, −44.9158). B. Halobatopsis platensis, apterous male from São Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais (−20.2581, −46.4098). C. Halobatopsis spiniventris, apterous male from São José do Barreiro, São Paulo (−22.7481, −44.6145). D. Metrobates vigilis. E. Halobatopsis platensis. F. Halobatopsis spiniventris. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records; question mark indicates unspecified locality. Scale bars: 2 mm.