New distributional records of Gerromorpha Popov, 1971 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Cuba

By

Riviaux, Senén Muñoz
López, Carlos Naranjo
Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012-5-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

8

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

307--309

Subjects

Cuba , Hemiptera , Heteroptera , Insecta , new records

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/8.2.307

 

Abstract

Distributional records of fourteen species of Gerromorpha, belonging to the families Gerridae, Hebridae, Hydrometridae, Mesoveliidae, and Veliidae, are reported from Cuba. The following species are recorded for the first time from eastern Cuba: Rheumatobates clanis Drake and Harris, 1932, R. meinerti Schroeder, 1931, Trepobates pictus (Herrich- Schäffer, 1848) (Gerridae), Hydrometra australis Say, 1832 (Hydrometridae), and Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860) (Veliidae).