Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834

Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Barbosa, Julianna Freires, 2012, Two new species of Paravelia Breddin, 1898 and distributional notes concerning the Veliidae from Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), Zootaxa 3354 (1), pp. 58-68 : 64

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3354.1.2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E4087A9-3C6C-FFF3-8AD0-B389FE9EFB69
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834
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This is one of the most common species of Microvelia in stagnant waters, found from Canada to Argentina. There are previous records from Minas Gerais State ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004), to which we add the following material from Viçosa and Carmo do Rio Claro municipalities.

Examined material. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais – Viçosa, Reserva de Sedimentação Agronomia UFV, 24. V .1993: 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female ( DZRJ). Viçosa, IV.1945, (J. C. M. Carvalho): 1 macropterous male ( MNRJ). Carmo do Rio Claro , 1948, (J. C. M. Carvalho): 1 macropterous male, 2 apterous females, 1 macropterous female ( MNRJ) .