New distributional data concerning some Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Brazil

By

Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Campos, Gabriela Guerra Ferreira

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012-6-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

8

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

542--547

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/8.3.542

 

Abstract

Distributional information is provided for 51 Gerromorpha species from Brazil, including first species records from the states of Alagoas, Paraíba, and Sergipe. Hydrometra comata, Microvelia picinguaba, M. ubatuba, and Rhagovelia robusta are newly recorded from the Northern region of Brazil; Mesovelia amoena, Husseyella halophila, Microvelia longipes, M. mimula, M. venustatis, Rhagovelia hambletoni, R. mangle, R. robusta, and R. whitei, from the Northeastern region; Cylindrostethus erythropus and Rhagovelia rivulosa, from the Central-Western region; Mesovelia bila, from the Southeastern region; and Oiovelia brasiliensis and Rhagovelia sooretama, from the Southern region. Additional new records and distributional information are provided.