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Mesovelia amoena Uhler 1894

Description

Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894

Figure 9A, B

New records. BRAZIL • 3 ♀; Maranhão, São João do Soter, Fonte Mariana stream; −05.12666, −043.84111; 23 Dec. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00253, 00259.

Identification. Our females of this species were identified based on the body brown and around 2.00 mm long (Fig. 9A), and the middle femur without spines on the posterior surface (Fig. 9B) (Moreira et al. 2008).

Distribution in Brazil. AM, PA, RO, MA*, CE, BA, MT, MG, ES, SP, RJ.

Notes

Published as part of Lima Franco, Cleilton, Mourão dos Santos Rodrigues, Juliana, Silva de Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from eastern Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil, pp. 551-568 in Check List 17 (2) on page 559, DOI: 10.15560/17.2.551

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2019-12-23
Verbatim event date
2019-12-23
Scientific name authorship
Uhler
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Mesoveliidae
Genus
Mesovelia
Species
amoena
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894 sec. Franco, Santos, de & Moreira, 2021

References

  • Moreira FFF, Ribeiro JRI, Nessimian JL (2008) A synopsis of the species of Mesovelia (Insecta: Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae) occurring in the floodplain of the Amazon River, Brazil, with redescrip- tions of Mesovelia mulsanti White and M. zeteki Harris & Drake. Acta Amazonia 38 (3): 539 - 550. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0044 - 59 672008000300020