New records of Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Neotropical Region

Author(s)

Burguez Floriano, Carla Fernanda ; Figueiredo Moreira, Felipe Ferraz ; Bispo, Pitagoras Da Conceicao

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY; v. 143, n. 2, p. 103-U11, 2017.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

Gerromorpha or semiaquatic bugs have the ability to walk on the surface of the water and occupy a wide variety of habitats. They are relatively well studied in the Neotropical Region, but some species are known only from the type localities or have many gaps in their documented distributions. In this study we examined specimens housed in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and report new records for 17 species: Mesovelia bila, Hydrometra argentina, H. caraiba, H. comata, Limnobatodes paradoxus, Euvelia lata, E. mazzucconiae, Husseyella turmalis, Oiovelia cunucunumana, Paravelia conata, Platyvelia brachialis, Steinovelia virgata, Halobatopsis platensis, H. spiniventris, Ovatametra obesa, Limnogonus aduncus aduncus, and L. recurvus. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/16367-0 - Review and phylogeny of Cylindrostethinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae)
• Grantee: Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 12/21196-8 - Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (Insecta): reducing Linnean, Wallacean and Henningian deficits
• Grantee: Pitágoras da Conceição Bispo
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 15/09491-2 - Revision and phylogeny of Cylindrostethinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae)
• Grantee: Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate