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Microvelia limaiana Drake 1951

Description

Microvelia limaiana Drake, 1951

Microvelia limaiana Drake, 1951b: 79−80 (original description).

Eight paratypes are deposited in NMPC:

PARATYPE (J apter.): ‘Nova Teutonia / St. Catarina / Bras. [p] VI. 10 [hw] 1950 / Fritz Plaumann [p] / PARATYPE / By C. J. Drake [p] / Microvelia / limaiana [hw, red label] // Microvelia / limaiana / Drak. [hw, white label with black frame submarginally] // J|J|J [p]’.

PARATYPES (5 JJ apter.): ‘Nova Teutonia / St. Catarina / Bras. [p] VI. 10 [hw] 1950 / Fritz Plaumann [p] // PARA- TYPE / By C. J. Drake [p] / Microvelia / limaiana [hw, red label] // J [p]’.

PARATYPES (2 ♀♀: 1 ♀ apter., 1 ♀ macr.): ‘Nova Teutonia / St. Catarina / Bras. [p] VI. 10 [hw] 1950 / Fritz Plaumann [p] // PARATYPE / By C. J. Drake [p] / Microvelia / limaiana [hw, red label] // ♀ | ♀ | ♀ [p]’.

Current status. Valid species, not attributed to any subgenus (see HECKMAN 2011, MOREIRA et al. 2011).

Notes

Published as part of Kment, Petr & Kolínová, Zdislava, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 821-890 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2) on pages 844-845, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5740731

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Drake
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Veliidae
Genus
Microvelia
Species
limaiana
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Microvelia limaiana Drake, 1951 sec. Kment & Kolínová, 2013

References

  • HECKMAN C. W. 2011: Encyclopedia of South American aquatic insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera. Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London & New & York, x + 679 pp.
  • MOREIRA F. F. F., BARBOSA J. F., RIBEIRO J. R. I. & ALECRIM V. P. 2011: Checklist and distribution of semiaquatic and aquatic Heteroptera (Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) occurring in Brazil. Zootaxa 2958: 1 - 74.