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Type: Article
Published: 2013-11-13
Page range: 201–235
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Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of eastern Mato Grosso State, Brazil: checklist, new records, and species distribution modeling

Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Ambientais, UFG-ICB1 , 74.001-970 Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos. Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Rocha Lima, Quinto Andar. Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. CEP 21045-900 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Entomologia. Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho 373, CCS, Bloco A, Sala 107. Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. CEP 21941-971, Caixa Postal 68044.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, UNEMAT. Cx.P. 08, 78.690.000, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, UFG –ICB1 , 74.001-970 Goiânia, GO, Brasil
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso. Depto. de Biologia, Cx.P. 08, 78.690.000, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil.
Aquatic insects biogeography semiaquatic bugs taxonomy

Abstract

The infraorder Gerromorpha comprises semiaquatic bugs, most of which spend much of their lifetime on the water surface, between floating plants, or on the margins of water bodies. Based on literature and collections made on streams and lakes on municipalities of eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil, a list has been elaborated with 52 species, including several new records. Out of the recorded species, 26 belong to the family Veliidae, 20 to Gerridae, three to Hydrometridae, two to Mesoveliidae, and one to Hebridae. The modeling of the potential geographical distribution is also presented for the 20 species that have been recorded for the first time from the state.