Biodiversity Data Journal :
Taxonomic paper
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Academic editor: Laurence Livermore
Received: 17 Mar 2015 | Accepted: 08 Apr 2015 | Published: 14 Apr 2015
© 2015 Isabelle Cordeiro, Felipe Moreira
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Cordeiro I, Moreira F (2015) New distributional data on aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from South America. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4913. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4913
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Water bugs in general play an important role in freshwater ecosystems, and knowledge about them is essential for the study of water biology and the proper management of aquatic habitats. The Neotropical fauna is relatively well known, but the existence of large under-collected areas makes taxonomic and faunistic studies concerning the aquatic and semiaquatic bugs from tropical America urgent.
Distributional information is presented for thirty-eight species of Gerromorpha and five Nepomorpha, including first records from the Brazilian states of Bahia (Mesovelia amoena), Ceará (Limnogonus profugus and Rhagovelia whitei), Espírito Santo (R. lucida), Goiás (Halobatopsis platensis and R. zela), Mato Grosso (Rheumatobates bonariensis), Pará (Nerthra terrestris), Paraná (H. spiniventris, Hydrometra fruhstorferi and R. janeira), Piauí (Microvelia ayacuchana, M. pulchella, Neogerris lubricus and Platyvelia brachialis), Rio de Janeiro (Martarega bentoi) and São Paulo (Rheumatobates minutus flavidus); and the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios (Rhagovelia fontanalis).
Aquatic insects, new records, Neotropical Region, Brazil, Peru.
Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera), or true bugs, is the most diverse group of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, with about 38,000 described species (
Aquatic Heteroptera can be found in all continents, except Antarctica, and are more diverse in tropical climates. The Neotropical region is the richest in terms of described species, with more than 1,200 distributed in 18 families (
The current study presents new data concerning the geographical distribution of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha from South America, including first species records from several Brazilian states and a Peruvian region.
The new information provided is based on material desposited in the Coleção Entomológica Professor José Alfredo Pinheiro Dutra, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (DZRJ) and the Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil (LES). The known geographical distribution of each species is provided according to
Guatemala, Honduras, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Colombia, Grenada, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, AM, CE, MT, BA, MG, SP, RJ.
Brazil, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: MA, PI, RN, MT, BA, MG, MS, RJ, PR.
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay.
Distribution in Brazil: PI, MT, BA, GO!, MG, DF, MS, SP, RJ, PR, RS.
Brazil, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: SP, PR!, SC, RS.
Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: CE!, PB, PE, MT, GO, MG, MS, SP, RJ.
Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: AP, PA, AM, PI!, MT, RO, BA, MG, MS, SP, RJ.
Peru.
Distribution in Peru: Cusco.
Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay.
Distribution in Brazil: MT!, SP, SC, RS.
Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, AM, RO, MG, SP!.
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: ES, RJ, PR!, SC.
Canada, United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Belize, St. Eustatius, Martinique, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Colombia, Curaçao, Bonaire, Grenada, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Brazil, Ecuador, Hawaiian Islands.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, AM, CE, MT, RO, BA!, MG, ES, SP, RJ.
Canada, United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, St. Martin, St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Nicaragua, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Barbados, Aruba, Colombia, Curaçao, Klein Curaçao, Bonaire, Grenada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Hawaiian Islands.
Distribution in Brazil: AP, PA, AM, CE, PE, MT, RO, BA, GO, MG, MS, SP, RJ, PR, SC, RS.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, AM, MT.
Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, PI!, ES.
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica, St. Martin, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts & Nevis, Aruba, Colombia, Barbados, Curaçao, Bonaire, Grenada, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: RR, AM, BA, MG, MS, ES, SP, RJ, SC.
Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, AM, CE, MT, MG, MS, ES, SP, RJ, SC.
Canada, United States, Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guatemala, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Anguilla, St. Martin, Saba, St. Kitts & Nevis, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Aruba, Colombia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Barbados, Curaçao, Klein Curaçao, Bonaire, Klein Bonaire, Grenada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, AM, MA, PI!, PE, BA, AL, MG, MS, ES, SP, RJ, SC.
Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Guyana, Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, AM.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: AM, MT, SP.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, AM.
Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, AM, MA, MT, MG, ES, SP, RJ, SC.
United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Grenada, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Suriname, Brazil, Peru, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: PI!, PE, MT, GO, MG, MS, ES, RJ, SC.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: MG, ES, SP, RJ.
Brazil
Distribution in Brazil: MG, SP, RJ.
Hispaniola, St. Kitts & Nevis, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Colombia, Grenada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Brazil, Ecuador.
Distribution in Brazil: AP, PA, AM, MT, SE, ES, RJ.
Peru.
Distribution in Peru: Ucayali, Huánuco, Madre de Dios!, Junin, Ayacucho.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: ES, RJ.
Brazil, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: MG, SP, RJ, PR!, SC, RS.
Brazil, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: ES!, SP, RJ, PR, SC, RS.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: MG, RJ.
Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru.
Distribution in Brazil: RR, PA, AM.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: MG, ES, SP, RJ.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: MG, ES, RJ.
Peru, Bolivia, Argentina.
Distribution in Peru: Junin, Cusco.
Brazil, Paraguay.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, MA, CE!, MT, GO, MG, MS, SP.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: MT, GO!, MG, MS, ES, SP, RJ, SC.
Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru.
Distribution in Brazil: AP, PA, AM, MT.
Suriname, Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: AP, PA, AM.
Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.
Distribution in Brazil: RR, PA!, AM, GO, MS, SP, RJ.
Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: PA, AM.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: MG, SP, RJ, PR, SC, RS.
Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil: MG, ES, RJ.
Brazil, Argentina.
Distribution in Brazil: PI, PE, MT, MG, RJ!.
Some of the records above form the first inventory of aquatic Heteroptera from Pedra Branca State Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (
Additional material collected in other Brazilian national or state parks was also examined and resulted in several first records of aquatic Heteroptera from each park. These include: Halobatopsis platensis, Hydrometra fruhstorferi and Rhagovelia janeira from Iguaçu National Park, Limnogonus profugus and R. whitei from Ubajara National Park, and Neogerris lubricus, Microvelia ayacuchana, M. pulchella and Platyvelia brachialis from Sete Cidades National Park. The exceptions are Rheumatobates minutus flavidus and Microvelia venustatis from Serra do Mar State Park, and Rhagovelia accedens, R. aiuruoca and R. triangula from Caparaó National Park, areas where other species of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha had already been recorded (e.g.
Some of the records also serve to fill gaps on the known geographical distributions of species that occur throughout wide geographical ranges, but had never been collected in some areas within it. That is the case of Halobatopsis platensis and Martarega bentoi, known from northeastern Brazil to Argentina, but new respectively to Goiás and Rio de Janeiro; Halobatopsis spiniventris, Hydrometra fruhstorferi and Rhagovelia janeira, from southeastern Brazil to Argentina, but new to Paraná; Neogerris lubricus, common throughout South America, new to Piauí; Rheumatobates minutus flavidus, from Costa Rica to Argentina, new to São Paulo; Mesovelia amoena, Microvelia pulchella and Platyvelia brachialis, from North America to Argentina, new to Bahia and Piauí; Rhagovelia whitei, from northern Brazil to Paraguay, new to Ceará; and Nerthra terrestris, from Colombia to southeastern Brazil, new to Pará. Finally, distribution expansions include northernmost records of Limnogonus profugus, Rhagovelia lucida and R. zela (Ceará/ Espírito Santo/ Goiás), the first record of Rheumatobates bonariensis from central-western Brazil (Mato Grosso), and the first record of Microvelia ayacuchana from northeastern Brazil (Piauí).
The manuscript of this article benefited from the suggestions provided by Drs. Maria A. Grandova, Attilio Carapezza and Laurence Livermore. IRSC benefited from a technician scholarship provided by the Foundation for the Scientific and Technological Development in Health (FIOTEC).
IRSC - identified specimens from Parque Estadual da Pedra Branca and wrote the manuscript.
FFFM - identified the remaining specimens and submitted the manuscript.