Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from eastern Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil

By

Lima Franco, Cleilton
M.S. Rodrigues, Juliana
Silva De Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto
Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-3-17

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

551--568

Subjects

Aquatic insects , Lakes , semiaquatic bugs , streams

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.2.551

 

Abstract

The infraorder Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) comprises semiaquatic bugs, most of which live on the water surface, among floating plants or at the margins of water bodies. We made collections of these insects in the Itapecuru and Parnaíba hydrographical basins in eastern Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil, from January to December 2019. Based on the material obtained, we present new records for 23 species, 20 of which are recorded for the first time from Maranhão state.