First record of Ramphocorixa rotundocephala Hungerford, 1927 (Hemiptera, Corixidae) for Colombia

By

Pimiento-Ortega, Mabel Giovana
González-Gamboa, Isabella
Herrera-Martínez, Yimy

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-3-16

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

503--506

Subjects

Boyacá , Güitoque , lake , South America

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.2.503

 

Abstract

In the course of research conducted on Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) in Colombia, Ramphocorixa rotundocephala Hungerford, 1927 was collected in Güitoque Lake, outside the town of Gachantivá, Boyacá. The species was identified from the adult males found there. This species of aquatic insect occurs mostly in Central and North America, but there are also two records from Venezuela in South America. This is the first record of this species and its genus for Colombia. This finding increases this species’ known distribution on the continent and the diversity of hemipterans in northern South America.