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Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-01
Page range: 591–596
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New species and notes on Microveliinae from northern South America (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae)

e-Qual Consultoria y Servicios Ambientales, Bogotá, Colombia.
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis, SP, Brasil. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis, SP, Brasil.
Aquatic insects Neotropical Region taxonomy water striders

Abstract

Euvelia mazzucconiae sp. nov., from northern Colombia is described, illustrated, and included in an updated identification key to the species of the genus. A map with the known geographical distribution of the species of Euvelia is presented. Additionally, two species from Colombia previously placed in the genus Paravelia are transferred to Microvelia and a species of the latter genus is synonymized, such that Paravelia acantha Padilla-Gil, 2013 = Microvelia acantha (Padilla-Gil, 2013) comb. nov., Paravelia fanera Padilla-Gil, 2013 = Microvelia fanera (Padilla-Gil, 2013) comb. nov., and Microvelia amrishi Makhan 2014 = Microvelia mimula White 1879 syn. nov.