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Microvelia longipes Uhler 1894

Description

Microvelia longipes Uhler, 1894

This species has its known distribution extending from the Caribbean to Argentina, and has some previous records from Minas Gerais (Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004). Its occurrence on Carmo do Rio Claro Municipality is herein reported for the first time.

Examined material. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais – Carmo do Rio Claro, 1948: 1 apterous male (MNRJ).

Notes

Published as part of Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Barbosa, Julianna Freires, 2012, Two new species of Paravelia Breddin, 1898 and distributional notes concerning the Veliidae from Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), pp. 58-68 in Zootaxa 3354 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3354.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5251748

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNRJ
Family
Veliidae
Genus
Microvelia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Uhler
Species
longipes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Microvelia longipes Uhler, 1894 sec. Moreira & Barbosa, 2012

References

  • Nieser, N. & Melo, A. L. (1997) Os Heteropteros Aquaticos de Minas Gerais - Guia Introdutorio com Chave de Identificacao para as Especies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Editora UFMG, Belo Horizonte, 180 pp.
  • Melo, A. L. & Nieser, N. (2004) Faunistical notes on aquatic Heteroptera of Minas Gerais (Brazil): an annotated list of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha collected near Januaria, MG. Lundiana, 5, 43 - 49.