Telmatometropsis fredyi gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new water strider from the Colombian Pacific region (Insecta, Hemiptera, Gerridae)

By

Mondragon, Patricia
Morales, Irina
Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1043

Pages

87--102

Subjects

Aquatic insects , Gerromorpha , Neotropical region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1043.58548

 

Abstract

A new genus of Gerridae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) in the subfamily Trepobatinae,Telmatometropsisgen. nov., with a single included species,T. fredyisp.nov., is described from the Colombian Pacific region. Representatives of the new genus were collected in mangrove lagoons of Buenaventura Bay, Valle del Cauca Department. The new genus can be diagnosed by the relative proportions of the antennomeres, the shape of the male fore tarsus, and by the black markings on the head, thorax and abdomen.