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Issue: Vol. 5393 No. 1: 28 Dec. 2023
Type: Monograph
Published: 2023-12-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5393.1.1
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Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil

Laboratório de Entomologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; Laboratório de Insetos Aquáticos; Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Seropédica; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil. Museu de Entomologia; Departamento de Entomologia; Universidade Federal de Viçosa; Viçosa; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Museu de Entomologia; Departamento de Entomologia; Universidade Federal de Viçosa; Viçosa; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon; Université de Lyon; Université Claude Bernard Lyon1; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242; École Normale Supérieure de Lyon; 69007 Lyon; France
Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon; Université de Lyon; Université Claude Bernard Lyon1; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242; École Normale Supérieure de Lyon; 69007 Lyon; France
Laboratório de Entomologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil
Hemiptera Aquatic bugs aquatic insects geographic distribution Neotropical Region semiaquatic bugs taxonomy

Abstract

Although most of the diversity of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) is terrestrial, over 550 species of water bugs (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha & Nepomorpha) have been recorded from Brazil alone. Southeastern Brazil, composed of the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, is the best studied region of the country, but there are still knowledge gaps in the area. Here, two new species are described from Espírito Santo: Hydrometra ruschii Cordeiro, Rodrigues & Moreira, sp. nov. and H. tuberculata Cordeiro, Rodrigues & Moreira, sp. nov. (Gerromorpha: Hydrometridae). Furthermore, new records from southeastern Brazil are provided for 78 species of water bugs, of which 19 are firstly recorded from Espírito Santo, four from Minas Gerais, eight from Rio de Janeiro, and seven from São Paulo.

 

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