Rheumatobates peculiaris Polhemus & Spangler

Padilla-Gil, Dora N. & Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, 2012, New records of Rheumatobates Bergroth (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from the Pacific coast of Colombia and Costa Rica, with a key to males of Rheumatobates in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, Zootaxa 3427, pp. 33-46 : 34

Rheumatobates peculiaris Polhemus & Spangler

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Material examined. COLOMBIA, Nariño, Tumaco, Mar Agrícola, 2 m, 22 VI 2010, leg. D. N. Padilla, all apterous, 5 M, 10 F (PSO-CZ); 4 M, 10 F ( ICN). COLOMBIA, Nariño, La Espriella, Río Caunapi, 8 m, 30 I 2010, leg. N. Nicola, 1M apt.

Ecological notes. The habitat is characterized by air temperature 28 ºC, water temperature 29.5 ºC, pH 6, conductivity 458 S/m and dissolved oxygen 105%. This species was found in freshwater. Rheumatobates peculiaris has been collected syntopically with Limnogonus franciscanus (Stål, 1859) , Micovelia longipes Uhler, 1894, and Trepobates taylori (Kirkaldy, 1899) ; and in another case with Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834 ), Micovelia longipes, and Trepobates taylori .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Rheumtobates peculiaris, male, habitus (Scale 1 mm)

FIGURES 3 − 4. Rheumtobates peculiaris, male. 3. antenna, ventral view. Scale 0.25 mm. 4. posterior coxae. Scale 0.10 mm.

FIGURE 5. Rheumtobates peculiaris, male, posterior trochanter. Scale 0.10 mm.