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Microvelia (Microvelia) pulchella Westwood 1834

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Microvelia (Microvelia) pulchella Westwood, 1834

Geographical distribution: Canada, United States of America, Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, U. S. Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Martin, Saba, St. Kitts & Nevis, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Aruba, Colombia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Barbados, Curaçao, Klein Curaçao, Bonaire, Klein Bonaire, Grenada, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina.

Distribution in Brazil: all regions (AM, PE [Fernando de Noronha], MG, MS, ES, RJ, SC) (Drake & Plaumann 1953, 1955; Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004; Pelli et al. 2006; Souza et al. 2006; Pereira & Melo 2007; Ribeiro et al. 2010).

Comments: This species was recorded from “Rio Caraguatá, Matto Grosso” [MT] by Drake and Plaumann (1953), but the area now belongs to MS.

Notes

Published as part of Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Barbosa, Julianna Freires, Ribeiro, José Ricardo Inacio & Alecrim, Viviani Pereira, 2011, Checklist and distribution of semiaquatic and aquatic Heteroptera (Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) occurring in Brazil 2958, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 2958 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2958.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5281851

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Westwood
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Veliidae
Genus
Microvelia
Species
pulchella
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Microvelia (Microvelia) pulchella Westwood, 1834 sec. Moreira, Barbosa, Ribeiro & Alecrim, 2011

References

  • Drake, C. J. & Plaumann, F. (1953) A new waterstrider from Brazil (Hemiptera: Veliidae). Dusenia, 4, 414 - 416.
  • Melo, A. L. & Nieser, N. (2004) Faunistical notes on aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera of Minas Gerais (Brazil): an annotated list of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha collected near Januaria. Lundiana, 5, 43 - 49.
  • Pelli, A., Nieser, N. & Melo, A. L. (2006) Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta: Heteroptera) from the Serra da Canastra, southwestern Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Lundiana, 7, 67 - 72.
  • Souza, M. A. A., Melo, A. L. & Vianna, G. J. C. (2006) Heteropteros aquaticos oriundos do Municipio de Mariana, MG. Neotropical Entomology, 35, 803 - 810.
  • Pereira, D. L. V. & Melo, A. L. (2007) Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta) from Pitinga, Amazonas, Brazil. Acta Amazonica, 37, 643 - 648.
  • Ribeiro, J. R. I., Moreira, F. F. F., Alecrim, V. P., Barbosa, J. F. & Nessimian, J. L. (2010) Especies de heteropteros dulciaquicolas (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha e Nepomorpha) registradas no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 67, 303 - 312.