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Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Metropolitan Region of Santarém, Brazil, including three new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Veliidae: Microveliinae)
expand article infoSuzane E. dos Santos, Juliana M. S. Rodrigues§, Sheyla R. M. Couceiro, Felipe F. F. Moreira§
‡ Laboratório de Ecologia e Taxonomia de Invertebrados Aquáticos, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, Brazil
§ Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Abstract

Background

Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) comprises more than 2100 species of semiaquatic bugs, most of which have the ability to walk on the surface of the water. So far, 238 species have been recorded from Brazil, but several portions of the country remain poorly explored. The Metropolitan Region of Santarém (MRS), Pará State, Brazil, lacks faunistic and taxonomic studies concerning this group and the local fauna is under threat due to human actions.

New information

Aiming to fill gaps concerning the diversity and distribution of Gerromorpha in the Amazon, a survey of the semi-aquatic bugs from the MRS is presented. Collections were made in 33 aquatic ecosystems in the different phytophysiognomies within this area from July 2019 to October 2020. As a result, a checklist with 44 species recorded from the three municipalities of the MRS is presented. Furthermore, three new species of the genus Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (M. belterrensis sp. nov., M. hamadae sp. nov. and M. sousorum sp. nov.) are described, two species are recorded for the first time from Brazil (Microvelia aschnakiranae Makhan, 2014 and Rhagovelia graziae Galindo-Malagón, Morales & Moreira, 2021), two from Pará State (Microvelia longipes Uhler, 1894 and Paravelia dilatata Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984) and 15 from the MRS (Brachymetra lata Shaw, 1933, B. shawi Hungerford & Matsuda, 1957, Tachygerris adamsoni (Drake, 1942), Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834, Rhagovelia brunae Magalhães & Moreira, 2016, R. evidis Bacon, 1948, R. jubata Bacon, 1948, Callivelia conata (Hungerford, 1929), Oiovelia cunucunumana Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1952, Paravelia bullialata Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984, Stridulivelia alia (Drake, 1957), S. stridulata (Hungerford, 1929), S. strigosa (Hungerford, 1929), S. tersa (Drake & Harris, 1941) and S. transversa (Hungerford, 1929)).

Keywords

Amazon, aquatic ecosystems, aquatic insects, distribution, diversity, semi-aquatic bugs, systematics, taxonomy

Introduction

Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) is an infra-order of predatory, semi-aquatic bugs, most of which live on the surface of the water or amongst floating plants (Nieser and Melo 1997). Contrary to the Nepomorpha, or truly aquatic bugs, their antennae are long and plainly visible dorsally, inserted in front of the eyes. The body is 1.0 to 36.0 mm long and usually velvety, covered with a double layer of micro- and macrotrichia (Andersen 1982). The legs are usually narrow, with apical or pre-apical pretarsal claws (Ribeiro et al. 2019).

More than 2100 species have been described in Gerromorpha, distributed in eight families: Gerridae, Hebridae, Hermatobatidae, Hydrometridae, Macroveliidae, Mesoveliidae, Paraphrynoveliidae and Veliidae. In the Neotropical Region, the infra-order is represented by more than 45 genera and 500 species (Polhemus and Polhemus 2008), of which 238 species have been recorded from Brazil (Moreira 2021a, Moreira 2021b, Moreira 2021c, Moreira 2021d, Moreira 2021e).

Despite the number of recorded species, semi-aquatic bugs are still poorly known in several portions of the country, whereas the south-eastern region and the central Amazon are better explored (Moreira et al. 2011). Aiming to fill gaps concerning the diversity and distribution of Gerromorpha in the Amazon (Nessimian et al. 2019), we present a survey of the semi-aquatic bugs from the Metropolitan Region of Santarém (MRS), Pará State, Brazil. The area lacks faunistic and taxonomic studies and the local fauna is under threat due to human actions (Couceiro and Hamada 2011).

Materials and methods

We collected in the MRS, western Pará State, Brazil (Fig. 1). The region includes the Municipalities of Belterra, Mojuí dos Campos and Santarém, with an area of 27,285.426 km2 (Prefeitura Municipal de Santarém 2017). The climate type is Am, tropical, with average annual rainfall of 2000 mm (Rodrigues 2001). We sampled in 33 aquatic ecosystems in the different phytophysiognomies within the area, including natural lakes, temporary pools, waterfalls, rivers, streams and springs (Figs 2, 3; Table 1). We used a GARMIN eTrex 30 GPS receiver to georeference the sampling stations. We obtained specimens with aquatic D-nets and sieves on the surface of the water bodies, including riffles, pools, marginal vegetation and foam. We then fixed and preserved the material in 70% ethanol and labelled it with locality, date and collector data.

Table 1.

Collecting localities of Gerromorpha in aquatic environments of the MRS, Pará, Brazil, from July 2019 to October 2020.

Municipality

Water body

Geographic coordinates

Abiotic variables

pH

Conductivity (µS/s)

Salinity (ppm)

OD (ml/l)

Turbidity (mtv)

Temperature (°C)

Belterra

Igarapé Aramanaí

02°42'56"S; 54°59'59"W

4.61

18.5

0.01

2.4

0.58

26.4

Belterra

Igarapé Coronel Batista

02°37'50"S; 54°58'12"W

4.83

12.2

0,00

3.9

1.29

26.6

Belterra

Igarapé do Ailton

02°35'36"S; 54°57'48"W

4.81

22.1

0.01

1.3

0.32

28.7

Belterra

Igarapé Jatuarana

03°15'44"S; 54°56'37"W

6.53

13.0

0.00

8.9

3.68

26.2

Belterra

BR-163, Km-115, igarapé

03°17'34"S; 54°52'45"W

4.25

18.9

-

-

-

26.3

Belterra

Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, igarapé

03°03'02"S; 54°55'30"W

4.20

13.3

-

-

-

26.7

Mojuí dos Campos

Igarapé Água Fria, nascente

02°47'19"S; 54°38'40"W

6.50

29.1

0.00

2.0

1.61

26.4

Mojuí dos Campos

Igarapé Antonio Leite

03°09'06"S; 54°50'28"W

4.40

11.4

-

-

-

26.0

Mojuí dos Campos

Igarapé do Manel

02°25'06"S; 54°44'26"W

6.88

10.6

0.00

3.9

14.05

27.9

Mojuí dos Campos

Igarapé Mojuí dos Caboclos

02°42'03"S; 54°41'01"W

5.78

13.2

0.00

10.2

3.05

27.5

Mojuí dos Campos

Igarapé Santa Júlia

02°40'19"S; 54°43'06"W

5.37

13.4

0.00

4.2

3.17

27.2

Mojuí dos Campos

Igarapé Terra de Areia

02°47'58"S; 54°38'15"W

6.58

13.5

0.01

5.3

2.28

29.3

Mojuí dos Campos

Igarapé Terra Preta

02°43'09"S; 54°40'20"W

5.25

18.8

0.00

2.9

2.54

30.8

Santarém

Cachoeira da Cavada

02°35'48"S; 54°31'47"W

4.77

13.8

0.00

3.3

-

27.2

Santarém

Cachoeira da Rocha Negra

02°29'48"S; 54°45'13"W

4.38

11.4

0.00

8.9

2.12

26.6

Santarém

Caixa d’água

02°27'31"S; 54°44'49"W

-

-

-

-

-

-

Santarém

Igarapé Cajutuba II

02°27'39"S; 54°46'53"W

-

-

-

-

-

-

Santarém

Igarapé da Débora, nascente

02°44'27"S; 54°26'01"W

4.5

17.6

-

-

-

26.0

Santarém

Igarapé das bananeiras

02°30'52"S; 54°54'20"W

-

-

-

-

-

-

Santarém

Igarapé Diamantino

02°30'16"S; 54°39'32"W

4.56

12.6

0.00

-

1.42

27.1

Santarém

Igarapé do Rai

02°35'35"S; 54°30'18"W

4.67

12.3

0.00

3.7

1.23

26.7

Santarém

Igarapé Guaraná

02°46'25"S; 54°23'20"W

-

-

-

-

-

-

Santarém

Igarapé Jatobá

02°34'17"S; 54°51'36"W

-

-

-

-

-

-

Santarém

Igarapé Mararú

02°29'35"S; 54°40'06"W

4.92

10.4

0.00

2.1

5.86

28.3

Santarém

Igarapé Mutunuy

02°28'53"S; 54°41'45"W

-

-

-

-

-

-

Santarém

Ponte do Juá

02°26'40"S; 54°47'21"W

6.17

11.0

0.00

5.5

-

26.0

Santarém

Igarapé São Braz

02°29'07"S; 54°49'41"W

5.36

20.7

0.01

-

1.55

26.2

Santarém

Igarapé Sonrizal

02°32'13"S; 54°55'26"W

5.8

15.1

0.00

-

2.12

25.6

Santarém

Igarapé Urumari

02°28'25"S; 54°41'52"W

-

-

-

-

-

-

Santarém

Igarapé Vila Nova

02°30'50"S; 54°49'29"W

-

-

-

-

-

-

Santarém

Lago Mapiri

02°25'28"S; 54°44'47"W

6.4

23.2

-

4.4

10.05

30.8

Santarém

Puddle

02°27'32"S; 54°44'48"W

-

-

-

-

-

-

Santarém

Lago do Juá

02°25'57"S; 54°46'55"W

6.0

9.2

-

4.9

14.13

28.6

Figure 1.  

Collecting localities of Gerromorpha in the MRS, Pará State, northern Brazil.

Figure 2.  

Photographs of some collecting localities. A. Igarapé Cajutuba II, Santarém; B. Temporary puddle, Santarém; C. Nascente, Igarapé Água Fria, Mojuí dos Campos; D. Igarapé Guaraná, Santarém; E. Lago do Juá, Santarém; F. Cachoeira Rocha Negra, Santarém; G. Igarapé Jatobá, Santarém.

Figure 3.  

Photographs of some collecting localities. A. Cachoeira da Cavada, Santarém; B. Igarapé do Ailton, Belterra; C. Igarapé Aramanaí, Belterra; D. Igarapé Coronel Batista, Belterra; E. Igarapé do Rai, Santarém; F. Igarapé, BR-163, Km-115, Belterra.

To identify the specimens, we used information available in Bacon (1956), Spangler (1990), Nieser (1994), Nieser and Melo (1997), Polhemus (1997), Moreira and Barbosa (2013), Makhan (2014), Rodrigues et al. (2014a), Rodrigues et al. (2014b), Floriano et al. (2016b), Floriano et al. (2016a), Floriano et al. (2017), Magalhães et al. (2016), Cordeiro (2017), Moreira et al. (2018), Galindo-Malagón et al. (2021). Type-specimens are deposited in the Coleção Entomológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CEIOC). Other specimens are deposited in the Laboratório de Ecologia e Taxonomia de Invertebrados, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, Brazil (LETIA). Distribution data presented for each species are based on Moreira (2021a), Moreira (2021b), Moreira (2021c), Moreira (2021d), Moreira (2021e).

We made descriptions and photographs, based on dry specimens. All measurements are given in millimetres and abbreviated as follows: body length (BL), head length (HL), head width (HW), minimum head width between the eyes (INT), length of antennomeres I–IV (ANT I, ANT II, ANT III, ANT IV), width of eye (EYE), pronotum length on mid-line (PL), pronotum width (PW), length of femur (FEM), length of tibia (TIB) and length of tarsomeres I–II (TAR I, TAR II).

Taxon treatments

Brachymetra lata Shaw, 1933

Nomenclature

Brachymetra lata – see Shaw (1933): 227, pl. XX, fig. 4.

Materials   Download as CSV 
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    03°03'02.6"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
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    ; verbatimEventDate:
    20.I.2020
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  4. country:
    Brazil
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    02°37'50.6"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
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  5. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
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    Mojuí dos Campos
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    Igarapé do Manel
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    02°25'06.3"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°44'26.3"W
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    8 apterous ♂, 3 apterous ♀
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    S.E. Santos
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  6. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
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    Mojuí dos Campos
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    Igarapé Antonio Leite
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°09'06.2"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°50'28.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    18.X.2019
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    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
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  7. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra Preta
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°43'09.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°40'20.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
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    1 apterous ♂, 4 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
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  8. country:
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    ; stateProvince:
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    Mojuí dos Campos
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    Igarapé Terra Preta
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    02°43'09.1"S
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    54°40'20.7"W
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    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
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  9. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra de Areia
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°47'58.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°38'15.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
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    1 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
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  10. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Água Fria
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°47'19.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°38'40.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    24.IX.2020
    ; sex:
    2 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
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    ; institutionCode:
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    ; basisOfRecord:
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  11. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Jatobá
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°34'17.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°51'36.8"W
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    1 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀
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  12. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
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    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Cachoeira da Rocha Negra
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    02°29'48.5"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°45'13.3"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
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    10 apterous ♂, 8 apterous ♀
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    S.E. Santos
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  13. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Cajutuba II
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°27'39.2"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°46'53.4"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.X.2020
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
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    ; institutionCode:
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    ; basisOfRecord:
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  14. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Sonrizal
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°32'13.6''S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°55'2.6''W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    09.VIII.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 5 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
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    ; institutionCode:
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  15. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Cachoeira da Cavada
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°35'48.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°31'47.3"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    21.X.2019
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
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    ; basisOfRecord:
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  16. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé das Bananeiras
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°30'52"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°54'20"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    20.X.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  17. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Diamantino
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°30'16.2''S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°39'32.9''W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.IX.2019
    ; sex:
    11 apterous ♂, 18 apterous ♀, 1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  18. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé do Rai
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°35'35.3"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°30'18.1"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    13.XI.2019
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂, 4 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photograph

Fig. 4a

Figure 4.

Brachymetra spp., habitus, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm.

aB. lata, apterous male  
bB. shawi, apterous male  
cB. shawi, macropterous male  

Brachymetra shawi Hungerford & Matsuda, 1957

Nomenclature

Brachymetra kleopatra – see Shaw (1933): 226, pl. XX, fig. 5 (misidentification).

Brachymetra shawi – see Hungerford and Matsuda (1957): 22, pl. I–II.

Materials   Download as CSV 
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé da Débora
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°44'27.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°26'01.2"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    21.X.2019
    ; sex:
    3 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀, 5 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Cachoeira da Rocha Negra
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°29'48.5"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°45'13.3"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
    ; sex:
    5 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  3. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Caixa d'água
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°27'31.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°44'49.4"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.IX.2020
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia), Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photographs

Fig. 4b, c

Cylindrostethus drakei Floriano, Paladini & Cavichioli, 2016

Nomenclature

Cylindrostethus linearis – see Drake and Harris (1934): 220, pl. XXV; Nieser (1970): 120, figs. 157–158; Moreira et al. (2011b): 274, figs. 8–9 (misidentification).

Cylindrostethus drakei – see Floriano et al. (2016a): 460, figs. 1, 7–9 and 13–15.

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia), Peru (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Nieser 1970; misidentified as C. linearis), but absent from our samples.

Cylindrostethus palmaris

Nomenclature

Cylindrostethus linearis – see Drake and Harris (1930): 238; Drake and Harris (1941a): 240 (partim; misidentification).

Cylindrostethus palmaris – see Drake and Harris (1934): 222.

Materials   Download as CSV 
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    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
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    ; municipality:
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    ; locality:
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    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
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    ; recordedBy:
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    ; basisOfRecord:
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  6. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
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    ; municipality:
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    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra Preta
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°43'09.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°40'20.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.II.2020
    ; sex:
    2 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
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    ; institutionCode:
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    ; basisOfRecord:
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  7. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
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    ; locality:
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    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°43'06.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
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    ; sex:
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    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
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    ; institutionCode:
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    ; basisOfRecord:
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    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
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    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Antonio Leite
    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°50'28.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    18.X.2019
    ; sex:
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    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
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    ; institutionCode:
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    ; basisOfRecord:
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  9. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Mojuí dos Caboclos
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°42'03.0"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°41'01.0"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    21.I.2020
    ; sex:
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    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
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    ; basisOfRecord:
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  10. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Guaraná
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°46'25.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°23'20.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.III.2020
    ; sex:
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    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
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  11. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé São Braz
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°29'07.0"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°49'41.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    26.VII.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  12. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Diamantino
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°30'16.2"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°39'32.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.IX.2019
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    1 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀, 2 macropterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
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  13. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Cachoeira da Rocha Negra
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°29'48.5"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°45'13.3"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
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    2 macropterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  14. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Jatobá
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°34'17.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°51'36.8"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.X.2020
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Roraima, São Paulo, Sergipe), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Kuitert 1942); first records from Belterra and Mojuí dos Campos.

Photographs

Fig. 5

Figure 5.  

Cylindrostethus palmaris, habitus, dorsal view. A. Apterous male; B. Macropterous male. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Limnogonus aduncus aduncus Drake & Harris, 1933

Nomenclature

Limnogonus aduncus – see Drake and Harris (1933): 110.

Limnogonus aduncus aduncus – see Kuitert (1942): 130.

Limnogonus recurvus – see Mascarenhas (1979): 763, figs 1–3 (misidentification).

Tenagogonus spinulosus – see Poisson (1955): 68, figs 6, 7 (syn. by Andersen 1995: 115).

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    ; stateProvince:
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    ; municipality:
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    ; locality:
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    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    1 macropterous ♂
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    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
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    ; institutionCode:
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Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe), Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Nieser 1970).

Photograph

Fig. 6a

Figure 6.

Gerrinae spp., habitus, dorsal view. Scale bars: (A–E) 2 mm, (F) 1 mm.

aLimnogonus aduncus aduncus, apterous male  
bL. recurvus, apterous male  
cNeogerris genticus, apterous male  
dNeogerris lubricus, apterous male  
eN. visendus, macropterous male  
fTachygerris adamsoni, macropterous male  

Limnogonus recurvus Drake & Harris, 1930

Nomenclature

Limnogonus recurvus – see Drake and Harris (1930): 236.

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    ; municipality:
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    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
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    ; stateProvince:
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    ; recordedBy:
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    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
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    ; municipality:
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    ; locality:
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    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°51'36.8"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
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    ; sex:
    6 apterous ♂, 2 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  7. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
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    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°41'45.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    17.X.2015
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    M. Galúcio
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Pernambuco, Rondônia, São Paulo, Sergipe) (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Kuitert 1942); first records from Belterra and Mojuí dos Campos.

Photograph

Fig. 6b

Neogerris genticus

Nomenclature

Limnogonus genticus – see Drake and Harris (1934): 213.

Neogerris genticus – see Andersen (1975): 8.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
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    ; locality:
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    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimEventDate:
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    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
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    ; institutionCode:
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Distribution

Brazil (Mato Grosso, Pará) (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

Described from Santarém (Drake and Harris 1934); first record from Belterra.

Photograph

Fig. 6c

Neogerris lotus

Nomenclature

Limnogonus lotus – see White (1879a): 488.

Neogerris lotus – see Andersen (1975): 8.

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso, Pará), Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Drake and Harris 1930), but absent from our samples.

Neogerris lubricus (White, 1879)

Nomenclature

Limnogonus lubricus – see White (1879a): 489.

Neogerris lubricus – see Andersen (1975): 8.

Neogerris celeris – see Nieser and Alkins-Koo (1991): 71, figs. 172 and 174 (misidentification).

Neogerris lotus – see Cabette et al. (2010): 120 (misidentification).

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    ; stateProvince:
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    ; municipality:
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    ; locality:
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    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
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    ; recordedBy:
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    ; stateProvince:
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    ; locality:
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    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimEventDate:
    24.IX.2020
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    2 apterous ♂, 3 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
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    ; institutionCode:
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    ; basisOfRecord:
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    ; stateProvince:
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    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
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    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°50'28.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    18.X.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  4. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra Preta
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°43'09.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°40'20.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.II.2020
    ; sex:
    3 apterous ♀, 3 macropterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  5. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Sonrizal
    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°55'26.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    09.VIII.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀, 1 macropterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
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  6. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Jatobá
    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°51'36.8"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.X.2020
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  7. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Diamantino
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°30'16.2"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°39'32.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.IX.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, São Paulo, Sergipe), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Kuitert 1942, Nieser 1970); first records from Belterra and Mojuí dos Campos.

Photograph

Fig. 6d

Neogerris visendus (Drake & Harris, 1934)

Nomenclature

Limnogonus visendus – see Drake and Harris (1934): 215.

Neogerris visendus – see Andersen (1975): 8.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Aramanaí
    ; verbatimLatitude:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°59'59"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    07.XI.2019
    ; sex:
    3 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Diamantino
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°30'16"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°39'32"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.IX.2019
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  3. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Jatobá
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°34'17"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°51'36"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.X.2020
    ; sex:
    6 macropterous ♂, 4 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Roraima), Colombia, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

Previously recorded from Belterra (Nieser 1970); first records from Santarém.

Photograph

Fig. 6e

Tachygerris adamsoni (Drake, 1942)

Nomenclature

Tenagogonus adamsoni – see Drake (1942): 108.

Tenagogonus duolineatus – see Kuitert (1942): 133, pl. X, figs. 4 and 4a (syn. by Drake 1957b: 193).

Tachygonus adamsoni – see Drake (1957a): 111.

Tachygerris adamsoni – see Drake (1957b): 193.

Material   Download as CSV 
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Cachoeira da Rocha Negra
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°29'48.5"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°45'13.3"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe), Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

First record from the study area.

Photograph

Fig. 6f

Rheumatobates crassifemur esakii Schroeder, 1931

Nomenclature

Rheumatobates crassifemur var. esakii – see Schroeder (1931): 77, pl. VII, fig. 3, pl. VIII, figs 3, 4.

Rheumatobates esakii – see Drake and Harris (1937): 362.

Rheumatobates crassifemur esakii – see Hungerford (1954): 565, pl. XII, fig. 22.

Rheumatobates bonariensis – see Nessimian et al. (2008) (misidentification).

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Hungerford 1954), but absent from our samples.

Rheumatobates klagei Schroeder, 1931

Nomenclature

Rheumatobates klagei – see Schroeder (1931): 75, pl. VII, figs. 1 and 2, pl. VIII, fig. 5, pl. XI, figs. 7 and 8.

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Peru (Moreira 2021a).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Hungerford 1954, Nieser 1970), but absent from our samples.

Hydrometra argentina Berg, 1879

Nomenclature

Hydrometra argentina – see Berg (1879): 182.

Hydrometra mensor – see White (1879b): 267 (syn. by Drake 1954: 61).

Limnobates chilensis – see Reed (1901): 70 (syn. by Drake 1953: 41).

Hydrometra kirkaldyana – see Torre-Bueno (1926): 104 (syn. by Drake 1953: 41).

Hydrometra husseyi – see Torre-Bueno (1926): 111 (syn. by Drake 1953: 41).

Hydrometra argenitna – see Drake and Lauck (1959): 51 (incorrect subsequent spelling).

Materials   Download as CSV 
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    BR-163, Km-115
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°17'34.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°52'45.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Lago do Juá
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°25'57.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°46'55.0"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    17.II.2020
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    E.C. Oliveira
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Moreira 2021c).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Champion 1898; as H. mensor); first record from Belterra.

Photographs

Fig. 7

Figure 7.  

Hydrometra argentina, apterous female. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Habitus, lateral view; D. Anterior portion of head, dorsal view; E. Thorax, lateral view; F. Abdomen, lateral view. Scale bars: (A–C, E, F) 2 mm, (D) 0.2 mm.

Mesovelia mulsanti White, 1879

Nomenclature

Mesovelia mulsanti – see White (1879b): 268.

Mesovelia bisignata – see Uhler (1884): 274 (syn. by Champion (1898): 123).

Mesovelia mulsanti mulsanti – see Jaczewski (1930): 5, pl. III (syn. by Herring (1950): 148).

Mesovelia mulsanti bisignata – see Jaczewski (1930): 5, pl. I, figs. 1–5, pl. II, figs. 20 and 21, pl. III (syn. by Herring 1950: 148).

Mesovelia mulsanti meridionalis – see Jaczewski (1930): 6, pl. I, fig. 6, pl. II, fig. 19, pl. III (syn. by Herring 1950: 148).

Mesovelia mulsanti caraiba – see Jaczewski (1930): 6, pl. I, figs. 7–16, pl. II, figs. 17, 18 and 22, pl. III (syn. by Herring 1950: 148).

Materials   Download as CSV 
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Aramanaí
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°42'56.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°59'59.3"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    07.XI.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Jatuarana
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°15'44.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°56'37.5"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    11.II.2020
    ; sex:
    4 apterous ♂, 13 apterous ♀; 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  3. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra Preta
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°43'09.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°40'20.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.II.2020
    ; sex:
    4 apterous ♂, 6 apterous ♀, 2 ♀ with broken wings
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  4. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra Preta
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°43'09.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°40'20.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    24.II.2020
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀, 1 ♂ with broken wings
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  5. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Mararú
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°29'35.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°40'06.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    23.VIII.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  6. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Diamantino
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°30'16.2"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°39'32.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.IX.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  7. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé do Rai
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°35'35.3"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°30'18.1"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    13.XI.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  8. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Guaraná
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°46'25.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°23'20.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.III.2020
    ; sex:
    4 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  9. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Mararú
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°29'35.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°40'06.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    23.VIII.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  10. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Jatobá
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°34'17.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°51'36.8"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.X.2020
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  11. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°27'32.6"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°44'48.4"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    14.IV.2020
    ; habitat:
    puddle
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  12. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Lago Mapiri
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°25'28.5"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°44'47.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    18.II.2020
    ; sex:
    4 apterous ♀, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    E.C. Oliveira
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  13. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Vila Nova
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°30'50.4"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°49'29.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.X.2015
    ; sex:
    2 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    M. Galúcio
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil (Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe), Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaiian Islands, Honduras, Jamaica, Klein Curaçao, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Venezuela (Moreira 2021d).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Neering 1954); first records from Belterra and Mojuí dos Campos.

Photographs

Fig. 8

Figure 8.  

Mesovelia mulsanti, apterous male, habitus A. Dorsal view; B. Ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Mesovelia zeteki Harris & Drake, 1941

Nomenclature

Mesovelia zeteki – see Harris and Drake (1941): 276.

Distribution

Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará), Colombia, Panama (Moreira 2021d)

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Moreira et al. 2008), but absent from our samples.

Microvelia aschnakiranae Makhan, 2014

Nomenclature

Microvelia aschnakiranae – see Makhan (2014): 2, figs. 7 and 8.

Material   Download as CSV 
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Guaraná
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°46'25.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°23'20.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.III.2020
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Brazil (Pará), Suriname (Makhan 2014).

Notes

First record from Brazil.

Photographs

Fig. 9

Figure 9.  

Microvelia aschnakiranae, macropterous female, habitus A. Dorsal view; B. Ventral view. Scale bars: 1mm.

Microvelia belterrensis, sp. n.

Materials   Download as CSV 
Holotype:
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    BR-163, Km-115
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°17'34.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°52'45.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    CEIOC 81770
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
Paratype:
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    BR-163, Km-115
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°17'34.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°52'45.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 3 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    CEIOC 81771
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Apterous males: 

Holotype/Paratype. BL 1.15/1.2, HL 0.22/0.21, HW 0.39/0.38, ANT I 0.14/0.14, ANT II 0.10/0.09, ANT III 0.13/0.13, ANT IV 0.20/0.22, INT 0.18/0.7, EYE 0.09/0.09, PL 0.13/0.14, PW 0.48/0.51; FORE LEG: FEM 0.28/0.31, TIB 0.24/0.24, TAR I 0.15/0.15; MID-LEG: FEM 0.36/0.36, TIB 0.29/0.29, TAR I 0.06/0.05, TAR II 0.11/0.11; HIND LEG: FEM 0.42/0.42, TIB 0.42/0.42, TAR I 0.05/0.5, TAR II 0.11/0.11.

Head dark-brown. Antennomere I yellowish, II–IV dark-brown. Eye reddish-brown. Labium yellowish-brown, except apex of article III and entire IV dark-brown. Pronotum with anterior half and lateral margins orange-brown, apical half dark-brown. Meso- and metanota dark brown. Prosternum yellowish-brown, darker at middle groove. Meso- and metasterna dark-brown. Pro- and metacetabula with anterior half yellowish-brown and posterior half dark brown. Anterior and posterior coxae and trochanters yellowish-brown. Mesoacetabulum and middle coxa dark-brown. Femora and tibiae yellowish-brown, darker dorsally on distal third; tarsi dark-brown. Abdominal mediotergites dark-brown. Abdominal laterotergites orange-brown with lateral margins dark. Abdominal sterna dark-brown. Terminalia yellowish-brown.

Head covered with very short setae, longer on clypeus. Antenna covered with short setae. Antennomere I widest, slightly curved laterally, thickened towards apex; II wider than III–IV, thickened towards apex; III cylindrical, thinner than IV; IV fusiform, at middle subequal to II in thickness. Labium reaching base of mesosternum.

Thoracic terga densely covered with moderately long, light setae; sides of thorax, prosternum and acetabula with denser, longer setae; meso- and metasterna with short setae. Pronotum with lateral margins bowed; posterior margin sinuous, concave centrally, exposing two rounded lobes of the mesonotum laterally (Fig. 10C). Metanotum exposed as a short central stripe, with posterior margin widely concave. Legs covered with short setae, with some longer setae on dorsal surfaces of femora and tibiae. Femora without spines. Fore tibia straight, enlarged towards apex, with an obtuse, short spine at apex. Hind femur slightly thicker than middle femur. Hind tibia straight.

Figure 10.  

Microvelia belterrensis sp. nov., apterous male, holotype A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Head and thorax, dorsal view; D. Abdomen, segments IV–VII and terminalia. Scale bars: (A, B) 1 mm, (C, D) 0.2 mm.

Abdominal mediotergites covered with moderately long setae. Mediotergites III–VI depressed; VI–VII with shiny median stripe; VII with posterior margin slightly concave. Abdominal laterotergites elevated to about 90°. Abdominal sterna covered with short setae, posterior margins concave, without tubercles. Abdominal segment VIII slightly exposed, dorsally more than four times wider than long; dorsum with lateral margins convergent and posterior margin slightly concave (Fig. 10A and Fig. 11A); ventre strongly sclerotised, with an evident central notch (Fig. 10B, D and Fig. 11B) and three tufts of long setae on each side (well visible in lateral view, Fig. 11C). Proctiger with lateral projections and apical margin rounded (Fig. 11D); parameres symmetrical (Fig. 11E).

Figure 11.  

Microvelia belterrensis sp. nov., male terminalia A. Dorsal view; B. Ventral view [abdominal segment VIII broken]; C. Lateral view; D, E Genital capsule: D. Dorsal view; E. Ventral view. Scale bars: (A, B and E) 0.1 mm, (C and D) 0.2 mm.

Apterous females: 

BL 1.21–1.26, HL 0.22, HW 0.40–0.42, ANT I 0.14, ANT II 0.08–0.10, ANT III 0.12, ANT IV 0.20–0.22, INT 0.18, EYE 0.09–0.10, PL 0.12–0;14, PW 0.54–0.58; FORE LEG: FEM 0.30, TIB 0.24, TAR I 0.14–0.16; MID-LEG: FEM 0.36, TIB 0.28–0.30, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.12; HIND LEG: FEM 0.40–0.42, TIB 0.40, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.12.

Colouration and structure similar to apterous male, but larger and more robust (Fig. 12). Fore tibia straight, enlarged towards apex, without apical spine. Abdomen larger than in in males, as wide as pronotum (Fig. 12A). Abdominal segment VIII yellowish-brown dorsally and ventrally. Posterior margin of abdominal mediotergite VIII straight. Abdominal laterotergites elevated to about 45º.

Figure 12.  

Microvelia belterrensis sp. nov., apterous females, paratypes A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Habitus, dorsal view; expanded abdomen, probably with eggs. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Diagnosis

This new species can be distinguished from other South American Microvelia Westwood, 1834 by the pronotum of the apterous form covering the mesonotum centrally, but exposing it laterally; the metanotum exposed centrally, with the posterior margin widely concave; the abdominal segment VIII of the males slightly exposed dorsally, more than four times wider than long, with the lateral margins convergent and the posterior margin slightly concave, ventrally deeply inserted into the pregenital abdomen, strongly sclerotised, with an evident central notch and three tufts of long setae on each side (only one tuft is visible before dissection); and the male proctiger with small, rounded, lateral projections. Additionally, M. belterrensis sp. nov. has the body shorter than 1.30 mm (apterous males 1.15–1.20 mm; apterous females 1.21–1.26 mm).

Microvelia venustatis Drake & Harris, 1933 (Fig. 13a, b, c; apterous male in Rodrigues et al. 2021: fig. 89) and M. hinei Drake, 1920 (Fig. 13d, e, f) are small species that share with M. belterrensis sp. nov. the general appearance and the male terminalia strongly inserted into the pregenital abdomen, although more deeply than in the new species and more weakly sclerotised. In contrast, M. venustatis displays a thicker antennomere IV and the abdominal sterna of the male bear tufts of setae medially (at least on segments V–VII; Fig. 13b), which are absent in the other two species. Microvelia hinei can be distinguished from both by the pronotum of the apterous form completely covering the mesonotum, exposing only the metanotum centrally, the slightly longer body (paratype apterous male 1.40 mm), the different colour pattern and the posterior margin of the male abdominal segment VIII nearly straight dorsally (vs. concave in M. belterrensis sp. nov.).

Figure 13.

Holotypes deposited in the Entomology Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH).

aMicrovelia venustatis, macropterous male, habitus, dorsal view  
bM. venustatis, macropterous male, habitus, ventral view  
cM. venustatis, labels  
dM. hinei, labels  
eM. hinei, macropterous male, habitus, dorsal view  
fM. hinei, macropterous male, habitus, ventral view  

Microvelia ubatuba Moreira & Barbosa, 2011, in turn, shares with the new species the male abdominal segment VIII notched ventrally. Although M. ubatuba is known only from macropterous specimens, it can be distinguished from M. belterrensis sp. nov. by the longer and narrower male abdominal segment VIII, dorsally with a distinct concavity at the posterior margin and ventrally with a strong rounded depression and a smaller and weakly sclerotised notch on the posterior margin (Moreira and Barbosa 2011: 299, figs. 7–11).

Finally, the male proctiger with lateral projections was previously reported in two other Neotropical species, M. mimula White, 1879 and M. quieta Drake & Carvalho, 1954 (Drake and Carvalho 1954: 224, figs. 1 and 2). Both are easily distinguished from M. belterrensis sp. nov. by the longer body and the well-exposed male terminalia.

Etymology

This species is named after Belterra Municipality, where the type-series was collected.

Microvelia hamadae, sp. n.

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Holotype:
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    BR-163, Km-115
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°17'34.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°52'45.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    CEIOC 81767
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
Paratypes:
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    BR-163, Km-115
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°17'34.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°52'45.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♂, 2 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    CEIOC 81768
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    BR-163, Km-115
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°17'34.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°52'45.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    20.I.2020
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    CEIOC 81769
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Apterous males: 

Holotype/Paratype. BL 1.23/1.24, HL 0.22/0.22, HW 0.38/0.38, ANT I 0.16/0.16, ANT II 0.10/0.10, ANT III 0.12/0.12, ANT IV 0.24/0.24, INT 0.18/0.18, EYE 0.09/0.09, PL 0.20/0.20, PW 0.46/0.48; FORE LEG: FEM 0.32/0.32, TIB 0.24/0.24, TAR I 0.16/0.16; MID-LEG: FEM 0.40/0.38, TIB 0.28/0.28, TAR I 0.06/0.06, TAR II 0.12/0.12; HIND LEG: FEM 0.40/0.42, TIB 0.40/0.42, TAR I 0.06/0.06, TAR II 0.13/–.

Head black. Antenna dark-brown, proximal half of antennomere I yellowish-brown. Eye reddish-brown. Labium yellowish-brown, except for distal article dark-brown. Pronotum dark-brown with a medially interrupted yellowish-brown transverse band on anterior half (Fig. 14A). Metanotum black. Prosternum yellowish-brown, median groove dark. Meso- and metasterna black. Acetabula brown. Coxae, trochanters and proximal half and ventre of femora pale yellow; remainder of legs brown. Abdominal mediotergites black with whitish pruinosity; I with two darker longitudinal spots sublaterally; II–III darker at middle; IV–V dark with whitish pruinosity at median stripe and posterior third; VI–VII darker at one/two narrow median stripe(s). Abdominal laterotergites yellowish-brown, darker at anterior third and mesal and lateral margins. Abdominal sterna black (Fig. 14B). Terminalia yellowish-brown.

Figure 14.  

Microvelia hamadae sp. nov., apterous male, holotype A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Head and thorax, dorsal view; D, E Abdomen, segments IV–VII and terminalia: D. Dorsal view E. Ventral view. Scale bars: (A and B) 1 mm, (C–E) 0.2 mm.

Head covered with short setae, longer on clypeus. Antenna reaching apex of metanotum; covered with short setae, longer and denser on article IV. Antennomere I widest, slightly curved laterally, thickened towards apex; II wider than III–IV, thickened towards apex; III cylindrical, thinner than IV; IV fusiform. Labium reaching middle of mesosternum.

Thoracic terga densely covered with very short setae; sides of thorax, prosternum and acetabula with longer setae. Pronotum long, covering mesonotum and most of metanotum; metanotum visible only as a very short central stripe (Fig. 14C). Circular punctures on a centrally interrupted transverse row adjacent to anterior margin of pronotum; another transverse row posterior to yellowish band; several sparse punctures posteriorly to latter row. Legs covered with short setae, with some longer setae on dorsal surfaces of femora and tibiae. Femora without spines. Fore tibia straight, enlarged towards apex, with an obtuse, short spine at apex. Hind femur thicker than middle femur. Hind tibia straight.

Abdomen covered with short setae. Posterior margin of abdominal mediotergite I with a slight concavity at middle; VII with a pronounced concavity (Fig. 14D). Abdominal laterotergites elevated to about 45º. Abdominal sterna II–IV moderately short, V–VI longer, VII twice as long as II; posterior margins concave, without tubercles, with many long setae (Fig. 14E). Abdominal segment VIII deeply inserted into pregenital abdomen; partially visible dorsally due to the concavity of mediotergite VII; faintly visible ventrally (Fig. 14D, E); posterior margin dorsally concave, ventrally with a weak median notch (Fig. 15A–D). Proctiger without lateral projections (Fig. 15E); parameres symmetrical (Fig. 15G); shape as in Fig. 15F.

Figure 15.  

Microvelia hamadae sp. nov., male terminalia A. Dorsal view; B. Ventral view; C, D Abdominal segment VIII: C. Dorsal view; D. Ventral view; E–G Genital capsule: E. Dorsal view; F. Lateral view; G. Ventral view. Scale bars: (A and B) 0.2 mm, (C–G) 0.1 mm.

Macropterous males: 

BL 1.42–1.44, HL 0.22–0.23, HW 0.40, ANT I 0.16, ANT II 0.10, ANT III 0.12, ANT IV 0.24–0.26, INT 0.18, EYE 0.08–0.10, PL 0.46–0.48, PW 0.66; FORE LEG: FEM 0.32, TIB 0.24, TAR I 0.16; MID-LEG: FEM 0.38, TIB 0.30, TAR I 0.04–0.06, TAR II 0.12; HIND LEG: FEM 0.42–0.44, TIB 0.44–0.46, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.12.

Colouration and structure similar to apterous male (Fig. 16A–C). Pronotum long, subpentagonal, completely covering meso- and metanota; posterior margin rounded. Fore wings dark brown, with a proximal pair of elongated whitish maculae, a distal pair of rounded whitish maculae and a median whitish macula close to apex; lateral margins with rows of white setae.

Figure 16.  

Microvelia hamadae sp. nov., paratypes A–C Macropterous male: A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Abdominal segments V–VII and terminalia, ventral view; D–F Apterous females: D. Habitus, dorsal view; E. Habitus, ventral view; F Habitus, dorsal view; abdomen with different shape, probably with eggs. Scale bars: (A, B and D–F) 1 mm, (C) 0.2 mm.

Apterous females: 

BL 1.36–1.42, HL 0.22–0.24, HW 0.40, ANT I 0.16, ANT II 0.10, ANT III 0.12, ANT IV 0.26, INT 0.18–0.20, EYE 0.09, PL 0.20, PW 0.52–0.54; FORE LEG: FEM 0.34, TIB 0.26, TAR I 0.18; MID-LEG: FEM 0.40, TIB 0.30–0.31, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.12; HIND LEG: FEM 0.44, TIB 0.46, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.14.

Colouration and structure similar to apterous male, but larger and more robust (Fig. 16D–F). Fore tibia straight, enlarged towards apex, without apical spine. Posterior margins of abdominal mediotergite VII and sternum VII straight. Posterior margin of abdominal tergum VIII rounded, with long setae. Abdominal laterotergites elevated to about 90º, slightly bowed on sides of mediotergites II–V, convergent and slightly reflected on sides of VI–VIII (Fig. 16D). Possibly fecundated females display expanded abdomen with differently shaped laterotergites (Fig. 16F).

Diagnosis

This new species can be distinguished from other South American Microvelia by the pronotum of apterous specimens long, covering the mesonotum and most of the metanotum; the metanotum visible only as a very short central stripe; the posterior margin of the male abdominal mediotergite VII with a pronounced concavity; the male abdominal segment VIII deeply inserted into the pregenital abdomen, with the posterior margin dorsally concave and ventrally with a weak median notch; the shape of the female abdomen, with abdominal laterotergites elevated to about 90º, slightly bowed on the sides of mediotergites II–V, convergent and slightly reflected on the sides of VI–VIII; and by the pattern of whitish maculae on the fore wings of macropterous specimens: a proximal pair of elongated maculae, a distal pair of rounded maculae and a median macula close to apex. Additionally, M. hamadae sp. nov. has the body shorter than 1.50 mm (apterous males 1.23–1.24 mm; macropterous males 1.42–1.44 mm; apterous females 1.36–1.42 mm).

Microvelia hamadae sp. nov. is very different from other Neotropical species of Microvelia with known apterous forms in which the pronotum covers the mesonotum and the metanotum completely or almost completely (e.g. M. argentata Nieser & Alkins-Koo, 1991, M. digitalis Padilla-Gil, 2019, M. hambletoni Drake, 1951, M. hormiga Padilla-Gil, 2019, M. ioana Drake & Hottes, 1952, M. limaiana Drake, 1951, M. micra Padilla-Gil, 2019, M. nelsoni Moreira, Barbosa & Ribeiro, 2012, M. potama Drake, 1958, M. recifana Drake, 1951 and M. reflexa Polhemus, 1974), because the general shape is distinct and they all have the male terminalia well-exposed, differently from the new species. The females of M. ioana, M. micra and M. reflexa share with M. hamadae sp. nov. the abdominal laterotergites reflected over the mediotergites, but the general colour of the body and the shape of the pronotum are quite different from the new species.

The macropterous form of the new species can be distinguished from the small South American species with known macropterous forms (e.g. M. hinei, M. lujanana Drake, 1951, M. munda Drake, 1951, M. pudoris Drake & Harris, 1936, M. summersi Drake & Harris, 1928 and M. venustatis) because of the pattern of maculae on the fore wings, together with the strongly inserted male terminalia and the shape of the male pygophore, proctiger and parameres.

Etymology

This species is named in honour of Dr. Neusa Hamada (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus), one of the most important Brazilian aquatic entomologists.

Microvelia longipes Uhler, 1894

Nomenclature

Microvelia longipes – see Uhler (1894): 219.

Microvelia modesta – see Uhler (1894): 220 (syn. by Drake 1952: 13).

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Cachoeira da Cavada
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°35'48.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°31'47.3"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    13.XI.2019
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°27'32.6"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°44'48.4"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    14.IV.2020
    ; habitat:
    puddle
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, U.S. Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First records from Pará State.

Photograph

Fig. 17a

Figure 17.

Microvelia spp., habitus. Scale bars: 1 mm.

aM. longipes, macropterous male, dorsal view  
bM. mimula, macropterous male, dorsal view  
cM. mimula, macropterous male, ventral view  
dM. pulchella, macropterous male, dorsal view  
eM. pulchella, macropterous male, ventral view  
fM. pulchella, apterous female, dorsal view  

Microvelia mimula White, 1879

Nomenclature

Microvelia mimula – see White (1879a): 487.

Microvelia capitata – see Uhler (1894): 218 (misidentification).

Microvelia mendozana – see Jensen-Haarup (1920): 220, fig. 4 (syn. by Drake and Hussey 1955: 114).

Microvelia myersi – see McKinstry (1937): 32 (syn. by Drake and Hussey 1951: 144).

Microvelia aemulana – see Drake and Plaumann (1955): 23 (syn. by Moreira and Barbosa 2011: 306).

Microvelia amrishi – see Makhan (2014): 2, figs. 4–6 (syn. by Aristizábal-García et al. 2015: 596).

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Mojuí dos Caboclos
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°42'03.0"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°41'01.0"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    02.X.2020
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°27'32.6"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°44'48.4"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.IV.2020
    ; habitat:
    puddle
    ; sex:
    2 macropterous ♂, 2 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  3. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Guaraná
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°46'25.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°23'20.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.III.2020
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Argentina, Barbados, Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Sergipe), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Galápagos Islands, Grenada, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Moreira et al. 2011c); first record from Mojuí dos Campos.

Photographs

Fig. 17b, c

Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834

Nomenclature

Microvelia pulchella – see Westwood (1834): pl. VI, fig. 5.

Velia (Microvelia) pulchella – see Westwood (1834): 647.

Hydroessa pulchella – see Herrich-Schäffer (1842): 37, pl. CXCIII, fig. 595.

Microvelia pulchella – see Amyot and Audinet-Serville (1843): 422.

Microvelia capitata – see Guérin-Ménéville (1857): 417 (syn. by Drake and Hussey 1955: 104; Smith and Polhemus 1978: 65).

Rhagovelia incerta – see Kirby (1890): 548 (syn. by Polhemus and Chapman 1979: 53).

Microvelia robusta – see Uhler (1894): 219 (syn. by Drake and Maldonado-Capriles 1954: 219).

Microvelia marginata – see Uhler (1894): 219; Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno (1909): 207; Torre-Bueno (1910): 150; Banks (1910): 27; Barber (1914): 500; Van Duzee (1917): 433; Hungerford (1920): 127 (partim; misidentification).

Microvelia boreale – see Torre-Bueno (1910): 150 (nomen nudum).

Microvelia borealis – see Torre-Bueno (1916): 59 (syn. by Drake and Hussey 1955: 104).

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Mojuí dos Caboclos
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°42'03.0"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°41'01.0"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    02.X.2020
    ; sex:
    8 macropterous ♂, 4 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra Preta
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°43'09.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°40'20.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.II.2020
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂, 3 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  3. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra Preta
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°43'09.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°40'20.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    24.II.2020
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  4. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Guaraná
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°46'25.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°23'20.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.III.2020
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  5. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Jatobá
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°34'17.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°51'36.8"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.X.2020
    ; sex:
    2 apterous ♀, 15 macropterous ♂, 18 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  6. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°27'32.6"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°44'48.4"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.IV.2020
    ; habitat:
    puddle
    ; sex:
    39 macropterous ♂, 34 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  7. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Lago Mapiri
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°25'28.5"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°44'47.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    18.II.2020
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    E.C. Oliveira
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Alaska, Anguilla, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe), Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Jamaica, Klein Bonaire, Klein Curaçao, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photographs

Fig. 17d, e, f

Microvelia sousorum, sp. n.

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Holotype:
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Água Fria
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°47'19.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°38'40.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    24.IX.2020
    ; sex:
    apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    CEIOC 81765
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
Paratype:
  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Água Fria
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°47'19.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°38'40.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    24.IX.2020
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    CEIOC 81766
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Apterous male: 

BL 1.62, HL 0.32, HW 0,44, ANT I 0.21, ANT II 0.13, ANT III 0.28, ANT IV 0.42, INT 0.25, EYE 0.09, PL 0.23, PW 0.46; FORE LEG: FEM 0.46, TIB 0.34, TAR I 0.18; MID-LEG: FEM 0.54, TIB 0.38, TAR I 0.08, TAR II 0.12; HIND LEG: FEM 0.57, TIB 0.60, TAR I 0.09, TAR II 0.10.

Head dorsally yellowish-brown, lighter on sides and anterior third, dark-brown on insertion of trichobothria; ventrally pale-yellow. Antenna dark-brown, except antennomere I yellowish-brown. Eye reddish. Labium yellowish-brown, except apex of article III and entire IV dark-brown. Pronotum yellowish-brown, lighter on transverse band on anterior third and at middle of posterior two-thirds, dark-brown around punctures adjacent to anterior margin and between anterior and posterior lobes (Fig. 18A, C). Metanotum pale-yellow, darker centrally. Ventre of thorax pale-yellow, anterior margins of meso- and metasterna dark-brown. Acetabula, coxae, trochanters and ventre of femora pale-yellow; dorsum of femora pale-yellow basally, dark-yellow towards apex; fore tibia yellowish-brown, dark-brown on apical third; middle and hind tibiae brown, lighter ventrally on proximal half; tarsi brown. Abdominal mediotergite I yellowish-brown, pale yellow on sides; II dark-brown, yellowish-brown on sides and anterior margin; III yellowish-brown, anterior margin dark brown, small pale-yellow patch at middle; IV yellowish-brown; V and VII yellowish-brown, each with longitudinal light-yellow band at middle; VI light-yellow. Abdominal laterotergite II pale-yellow, III–VI yellowish-brown on anterior half, pale-yellow on posterior half; VII yellowish-brown. Sides of abdomen yellow, dark-brown around opening of scent glands and on anterior margins of segments II–III. Ventre of abdomen yellow, dark-brown on sides of segments I–II (Fig. 18B). Terminalia yellowish-brown.

Figure 18.  

Microvelia sousorum sp. nov., apterous male, holotype A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Head and thorax, dorsal view; D. Abdomen, segments III–VII and terminalia, dorsal view; E. Abdomen and hind femora, ventral view. Scale bars: (A and B) 1 mm, (C) 0.5 mm, (D and E) 0.2 mm.

Head with silvery pubescence adjacent to mesal margins of eyes and on posterior third; impressed median line inconspicuous; clypeus with long setae. Antenna long, reaching abdominal segment I; covered with short brown setae, with longer, lighter setae on antennomere IV. Antennomere I widest, slightly curved laterally, thickened towards apex; II wider than III–IV, thickened towards apex; III cylindrical, thinner than IV; IV fusiform, at middle subequal to II in thickness. Labium reaching middle of mesosternum.

Pronotum completely covering mesonotum, but not metanotum (Fig. 18C); anterolateral angles rounded; anterior third covered with silvery pubescence; circular punctures on a transverse row adjacent to anterior margin; another centrally interrupted transverse row posterior to yellowish band; two submedian punctures posteriorly displaced from latter row; posterior margin slightly concave at middle. Metanotum almost 1/3 as long as pronotum, unpunctured; posterior margin rounded. Propleuron with dense, short, light setae, many small punctures and a posterior row of larger punctures; meso- and metapleuron unpunctured, without depressions. Ventre of thorax without elaborated ornamentation, except two dark punctures on both pro- and mesosternum near coxae. Legs covered with short brown setae, with some longer setae on dorsal surfaces of femora and tibiae. Fore tibia straight, slightly thicker on apex than on base, without apical spine. Hind femur slightly thicker than middle femur, ventrally with a row of distally increasing spines on proximal two-thirds (Fig. 18E). Hind tibia straight.

Abdominal mediotergites covered with short setae. Mediotergite I shorter than II, with posterior margin slightly concave centrally; II with silvery pubescence medially; IV–VII with median line depressed; posterior margins of II–VI straight or almost straight; VII slightly concave (Fig. 18D). Abdominal sterna IV–VII depressed medially, with two longitudinal bands of dense, long setae laterally; posterior margin of VII slightly concave (Fig. 18E). Terminalia (Fig. 19) well-exposed; abdominal segment VIII dorsally with about two-thirds the length of mediotergite VII; posterior margin concave dorsally (Fig. 19C), ventrally curved, not notched (Fig. 19D). Proctiger exposed dorsally only by apex (Fig. 19A); posterior margin rounded (Fig. 19E). Pygophore convex, posterior margin rounded; parameres symmetrical (Fig. 19G).

Figure 19.  

Microvelia sousorum sp. nov., male terminalia A. Dorsal view B. Ventral view C, D Abdominal segment VIII: C. Dorsal view; D. Ventral view; E–G Genital capsule: E. Dorsal view; F. Lateral view; G. Ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Apterous female: 

BL 1.73, HL 0.35, HW 0.47, ANT I 0.19, ANT II 0.12, ANT III 0.26, ANT IV 0.40, INT 0.28, EYE 0.09, PL 0.26, PW 0.56; FORE LEG: FEM 0.46, TIB 0.33, TAR I 0.18; MID-LEG: FEM 0.48, TIB 0.37, TAR I 0.07, TAR II 0.13; HIND LEG: FEM 0.54, TIB 0.56, TAR I 0.10, TAR II 0.14.

Colouration and structure similar to apterous male, but larger and more robust (Fig. 20). Head dorsally with both sides of the anterior half black. Pronotum with anterior lobe black, except for a transverse pale-yellow band at middle and a straight yellowish-brown longitudinal band. Ventre of thorax pale-yellow, dark at prosternal groove and posterior margin of prosternum. Hind femur without spines. Abdominal mediotergite I with posterior margin straight; II dark-brown, with silvery pubescence; III yellowish-brown, anterior margin and middle patch black with silvery pubescence; VIII yellowish-brown with median pale-yellow band. Mediotergites V–VIII with median line depressed, with small transverse grooves. All abdominal laterotergites with anterior half dark-brown and posterior half pale-yellow. Abdominal laterotergites elevated to about 90°. Posterior margin of abdominal mediotergite VIII slightly rounded, with long setae. Abdominal sterna pale-yellow, covered with short setae, with straight median stripe slightly darker on segments IV–VII, sides with a dark-brown longitudinal stripe; silvery pubescence on dark stripe of sterna V–VI. Sterna V–VII slightly depressed at middle.

Figure 20.  

Microvelia sousorum sp. nov., apterous female paratype, habitus A. Dorsal view; B. Ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Diagnosis

This new species can be grouped with other South American Microvelia in which the pronotum completely or almost completely covers the mesonotum, but not the metanotum and the terminalia is well-exposed, not deeply inserted into the pregenital abdomen: M. chilena Drake & Hussey, 1955, M. costaiana Drake & Hussey, 1951, M. nessimiani Moreira & Rúdio, 2011, M. mimula White, 1879, M. novana Drake & Plaumann, 1955, M. quieta Drake & Carvalho, 1954 and M. sarpta Drake & Harris, 1936.

Microvelia sousorum sp. nov. is most similar to M. novana (Fig. 21), known only from the type specimens from Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. They can be separated by the shapes of the posterior margins of the pronotum (slightly concave at the middle in M. sousorum sp. nov. vs. rounded in M. novana), male abdominal mediotergite VII (slightly concave at the middle vs. straight) and male abdominal sternum VIII (straight vs. concave) and by the presence of spines on the hind femur of males in the new species, which are absent in M. novana.

Figure 21.  

Microvelia novana, apterous male holotype deposited in the Entomology Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Labels.

Etymology

This species is named in honour of Carlos Sousa and Diego Sousa, colleagues who were both instrumental in our fieldwork. In addition, Carlos is SES’ husband and gave all the necessary support for her to obtain her Master’s degree, which resulted in this paper.

Microvelia summersi

Nomenclature

Microvelia summersi – see Drake and Harris (1928): 8.

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Grenada, Guyana, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Moreira et al. 2011a), but absent from our samples.

Microvelia venustatis Drake & Harris, 1933

Nomenclature

Microvelia venustatis – see Drake and Harris (1933): 53.

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    1 macropterous ♀
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Distribution

Argentina, Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Sergipe), Colombia, Paraguay, Peru (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Moreira et al. 2011a).

Photographs

Fig. 22

Figure 22.  

Microvelia venustatis, macropterous female, habitus A. Dorsal view; B. Ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Rhagovelia amazonensis Gould, 1931

Nomenclature

Rhagovelia amazonensis – see Gould (1931): 15, pl. IV, fig. 2.

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia), Guyana (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Polhemus 1997), but absent from our samples.

Rhagovelia brunae Magalhães & Moreira, 2016

Nomenclature

Rhagovelia amazonensis – see Cunha et al. (2015): 427 (misidentification).

Rhagovelia brunae – see Magalhães & Moreira in Magalhães et al. (2016): 587, figs. 1–8 and 11.

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  12. country:
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    S.E. Santos
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  13. country:
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Distribution

Brazil (Alagoas, Maranhão, Pará, Sergipe), Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photographs

Fig. 23a, b

Figure 23.

Rhagovelia spp., habitus, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

aR. brunae, apterous male  
bR. brunae, macropterous male  
cR. elegans, apterous male  
dR. evidis, apterous female  
eR. graziae, apterous male  
fR. jubata, apterous male  

Rhagovelia elegans Uhler, 1894, sp. n.

Nomenclature

Rhagovelia elegans – see Uhler (1894): 216.

Rhagovelia insularis – see Champion (1898): 139, pl. IX, figs. 3 and 3a (syn. by Polhemus 1997: 119).

Rhagovelia costalimai – see Drake (1948): 142 (syn. by Polhemus 1997: 119).

Rhagovelia trinidalis – see Drake (1948): 143 (syn. by Polhemus 1997: 119).

Rhagovelia gorgona – see Manzano et al. (1995): 54, figs. 1, 3 and 5 (syn. by Padilla-Gil and Moreira 2013: 410).

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Distribution

Brazil (Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe), Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Grenada, Hispaniola Island, Martinique, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Bacon 1956, Polhemus 1997); first records from Belterra and Mojuí dos Campos.

Photograph

Fig. 23c

Rhagovelia evidis Bacon, 1948

Nomenclature

Rhagovelia evidis – see Bacon (1948): 73, fig. 6.

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Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Peru (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photograph

Fig. 23d

Rhagovelia graziae Galindo-Malagón, Morales & Moreira, 2021

Nomenclature

Rhagovelia graziae – see Galindo-Malagón et al. (2021): 198, figs. 9E, 10E, 11E, 12E, 19N, 20N and 23C.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Aramanaí
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°42'56.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°59'59.3"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    07.XI.2019
    ; sex:
    7 apterous ♂, 6 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Brazil (Pará), Colombia (Galindo-Malagón et al. 2021).

Notes

First record from Brazil.

Photograph

Fig. 23e

Rhagovelia jubata Bacon, 1948

Nomenclature

Rhagovelia jubata – see Bacon (1948): 78, fig. 5.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    BR-163, Km-115
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°17'34.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°52'45.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    23.XI.2019
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    2 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
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    LETIA
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    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    BR-163, Km-115
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°17'34.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°52'45.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  3. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    Igarapé do Ailton
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°35'36.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°57'48.4"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.XI.2019
    ; sex:
    7 apterous ♂, 2 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
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    LETIA
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    PreservedSpecimen
  4. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Sonrizal
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°32'13.6"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°55'26.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    09.XI.2019
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    4 apterous ♂, 5 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  5. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Cachoeira da Rocha Negra
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°29'48.5"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°45'13.3"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
    ; sex:
    86 apterous ♂, 66 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  6. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé da Débora
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°44'27.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°26'01.2"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    21.X.2019
    ; sex:
    2 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  7. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Mutunuy
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°28'53.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°41'45.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    17.X.2015
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂, 3 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    M. Galúcio
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia), Ecuador, Peru (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photograph

Fig. 23f

Rhagovelia tenuipes Champion, 1898

Nomenclature

Rhagovelia tenuipes – see Champion (1898): 137, pl. VIII, fig. 29.

Rhagovelia gregalis – see Drake and Harris (1927): 136 (syn. by Bacon 1956: 743).

Rhagovelia regalis – see Drake and Harris (1927): 137 (syn. by Bacon 1956: 743).

Rhagovelia confusa – see Gould (1931): 23, pl. V, fig. 5 (syn. by Bacon 1956: 743).

Rhagovelia obscura – see Gould (1931): 38, pl. IV, fig. 6 (syn. by Bacon 1956: 743).

Rhagovelia vega – see Padilla-Gil (2011): 210, figs. 13–16 (syn. by Galindo-Malagón et al. 2021: 210).

Rhagovelia mocoa – see Padilla-Gil (2015): 88, figs. 14 and 41 (syn. by Galindo-Malagón et al. 2021: 210).

Rhagovelia umbria – see Padilla-Gil (2015): 90, figs. 15 and 42 (syn. by Galindo-Malagón et al. 2021: 210).

Distribution

Belize, Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Roraima, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Sergipe), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Bacon 1956), but absent from our samples.

Rhagovelia trailii (White, 1879)

Nomenclature

Neovelia trailii – see White (1879a): 487.

Rhagovelia traili – see Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno (1909): 206; Polhemus and Polhemus (1985): 168; Polhemus (1997): 174; Pereira and Melo (2007): 645; Moreira et al. (2011c): 26; Padilla-Gil and Moreira (2013): 415, 420, 423; Moreira and Barbosa (2014): 599; Cordeiro and Moreira (2015): 21; Floriano and Moreira (2015): 440; Magalhães et al. (2016): 591; Aristizábal-García (2017): 303, 897, [appendix] 210; Magalhães et al. (2019): 395 (incorrect subsequent spelling).

Rhagovelia trailii – see Gould (1931): 45; Bacon (1956): 878.

Rhagovelia perfidiosa – see Bacon (1948): 81, fig. 10 (syn. by Polhemus and Polhemus 1985: 168).

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  1. country:
    Brazil
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    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Jatuarana
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°15'44.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°56'37.5"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    11.II.2020
    ; sex:
    16 apterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra de Areia
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°47'58.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°38'15.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    24.I.2020
    ; sex:
    13 apterous ♂, 10 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
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    PreservedSpecimen
  3. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
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    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Santa Júlia
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°40'19.7"S
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    54°43'06.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    09.XII.2019
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    5 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
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    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  4. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Antonio Leite
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    03°09'06.2"S
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    54°50'28.7"W
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    18.X.2019
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    1 apterous ♂, 2 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
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    PhysicalObject
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    LETIA
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    PreservedSpecimen
  5. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
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    Mojuí dos Campos
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    Igarapé Mojuí dos Caboclos
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    02°42'03.0"S
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    54°41'01.0"W
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    21.I.2020
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    3 apterous ♂, 2 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
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    PhysicalObject
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    LETIA
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  6. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
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    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra Preta
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°43'09.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°40'20.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    24.II.2020
    ; sex:
    2 apterous ♂, 2 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  7. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Guaraná
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    02°46'25.9"S
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    54°23'20.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.III.2020
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    21 apterous ♂, 20 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
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    PreservedSpecimen
  8. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Ponte do Juá
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    02°26'40.6"S
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    54°47'21.1"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.XII.2019
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    3 apterous ♂, 2 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  9. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Diamantino
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°30'16.2"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°39'32.9’’W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    06.IX.2019
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  10. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Diamantino
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°30'16.2"S
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    54°39'32.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    16.IX.2019
    ; sex:
    3 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  11. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé São Braz
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°29'07.0"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°49'41.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    26.VIII.2019
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    2 apterous ♂, 6 apterous ♀, 1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  12. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Jatobá
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°34'17.9"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°51'36.8"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    10.X.2020
    ; sex:
    3 apterous ♂, 2 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  13. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Mutunuy
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°28'53.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°41'45.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    29.X.2015
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    M. Galúcio
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Roraima), French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Bacon 1948; as R. perfidiosa); first records from Belterra and Mojuí dos Campos.

Photographs

Fig. 24

Figure 24.  

Rhagovelia trailii, habitus, dorsal view A. Apterous male; B. Macropterous male. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Callivelia conata (Hungerford, 1929)

Nomenclature

Velia conata – see Hungerford (1929a): 199.

Paravelia conata – see Polhemus (1976): 509.

Callivelia conata – see Polhemus (2021): 349.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Cachoeira da Rocha Negra
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°29'48.5"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°45'13.3"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    25.IX.2020
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia), French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First record from the study area.

Photograph

Fig. 25a

Figure 25.

Veliinae spp., habitus, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

aCallivelia conata, macropterous female  
bOiovelia cunucunumana, macropterous male  
cParavelia bullialata, macropterous male  
dParavelia dilatata, macropterous male  

Oiovelia chenae Rodrigues & Melo, 2014

Nomenclature

Oiovelia chenae – see Rodrigues & Melo in Rodrigues et al. (2014a): 84, figs. 47–49, 59–61, 74 and 78.

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Pará) (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Rodrigues et al. 2014a), but absent from our samples.

Oiovelia cunucunumana Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1952

Nomenclature

Oiovelia cunucunumana – see Drake and Maldonado-Capriles (1952): 52, fig. 1.

Paravelia correntina – see Iglesias and Crespo (1999): 259, figs. 1–11 (syn. by Torres et al. 2007: 143).

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Antonio Leite
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°09'06.2"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°50'28.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    18.X.2019
    ; sex:
    23 macropterous ♂, 12 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Argentina, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Pará, São Paulo, Santa Catarina), Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First record from the study area.

Photograph

Fig. 25b

Paravelia bullialata Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984

Nomenclature

Paravelia bullialata – see Polhemus and Polhemus (1984): 342, figs. 4 and 5a.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    Floresta Nacional do Tapajós
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°03'02.6"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°55'30.1"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    20.I.2020
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    2 macropterous ♂, 1 macropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    BR-163, Km-115
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°17'34.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°52'45.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    23.XI.2019
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e)

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photograph

Fig. 25c

Paravelia dilatata Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984

Nomenclature

Paravelia dilatata – see Polhemus and Polhemus (1984): 498, figs. 1 and 3.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Mutunuy
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°28'53.1"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°41'45.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    17.X.2015
    ; sex:
    1 macropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    M. Galúcio
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Guyana, Suriname (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First record from Pará State.

Photograph

Fig. 25d

Stridulivelia alia (Drake, 1957)

Nomenclature

Velia alia – see Drake (1957a): 115.

Stridulivelia alia – see Polhemus (1976): 509.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    BR-163, Km-115
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°17'34.8"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°52'45.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    22.XI.2019
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    4 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen
  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé da Débora
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°44'27.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°26'01.2"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    21.X.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photograph

Fig. 26a

Figure 26.

Stridulivelia spp. Scale bars: (A, B, D and E) 1 mm, (C) 0.2 mm, (F) 0.5 mm.

aS. alia, apterous female, habitus, dorsal view  
bS. quadrispinosa, apterous female, habitus, dorsal view  
cS. quadrispinosa, apterous female, detail of stridulatory apparatus, lateral view  
dS. stridulata, apterous male, habitus, dorsal view  
eS. strigosa, micropterous male, habitus, dorsal view  
fS. strigosa, micropterous male, detail of stridulatory apparatus, lateral view  

Stridulivelia quadrispinosa (Hungerford, 1929)

Nomenclature

Velia quadrispinosa – see Hungerford (1929b): 52, pl. I, figs. 2, 6 and 11, pl. II, fig. 3.

Stridulivelia quadrispinosa – see Polhemus (1976): 509.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Água Fria
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°47'19.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°38'40.9"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    24.IX.2020
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro), Guyana, Peru, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

Previously recorded from Santarém (Hungerford 1929b); first record from Mojuí dos Campos.

Photographs

Fig. 26b, c

Stridulivelia stridulata (Hungerford, 1929)

Nomenclature

Velia stridulata – see Hungerford (1929b): 53, pl. I, figs. 3 and 8, pl. II, fig. 6.

Stridulivelia stridulata – see Polhemus (1976): 509.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Sonrizal
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°32'13.6''S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°55'26.6''W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    09.VIII.2019
    ; sex:
    2 apterous ♂, 2 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
    PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará), Colombia, Suriname (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First record from the study area.

Photograph

Fig. 26d

Stridulivelia strigosa (Hungerford, 1929)

Nomenclature

Velia strigosa – see Hungerford (1929b): 50, pl. I, figs. 1, 7, pl. II, fig. 4.

Stridulivelia strigosa – see Polhemus (1976): 509.

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  1. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Belterra
    ; locality:
    Floresta Nacional do Tapajós
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    03°03'02.6"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°55'30.1"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    20.I.2020
    ; habitat:
    igarapé
    ; sex:
    1 micropterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
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    ; institutionCode:
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    ; basisOfRecord:
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  2. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Mojuí dos Campos
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Terra de Areia
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°47'58.7"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°38'15.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    24.I.2020
    ; sex:
    1 micropterous ♂
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
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  3. country:
    Brazil
    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
    Santarém
    ; locality:
    Igarapé Sonrizal
    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°32'13.6"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°55'26.6"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
    09.VIII.2019
    ; sex:
    1 apterous ♀
    ; recordedBy:
    S.E. Santos
    ; type:
    PhysicalObject
    ; institutionCode:
    LETIA
    ; basisOfRecord:
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Distribution

Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará), French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photographs

Fig. 26e, f

Stridulivelia tersa (Drake & Harris, 1941)

Nomenclature

Velia tersa – see Drake and Harris (1941b): 338.

Velia nama – see Drake (1957a): 114 (syn. by Polhemus and Spangler 1995: 147).

Stridulivelia tersa – see Polhemus (1976): 509.

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  7. country:
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    ; stateProvince:
    Pará
    ; municipality:
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    ; locality:
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    ; verbatimLatitude:
    02°30'50.4"S
    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°49'29.7"W
    ; verbatimEventDate:
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    ; recordedBy:
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    ; stateProvince:
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    ; verbatimLongitude:
    54°41'52.3"W
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    ; recordedBy:
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Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Sergipe), Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photographs

Fig. 27a, b

Figure 27.

Stridulivelia spp., habitus, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

aS. tersa, micropterous male  
bS. tersa, macropterous male  
cS. transversa, apterous male  

Stridulivelia transversa (Hungerford, 1929)

Nomenclature

Velia transversa – see Hungerford (1929b): 54, pl. I, fig. 10, pl. II, fig. 7.

Stridulivelia transversa – see Polhemus (1976): 509.

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Distribution

Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará), French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Moreira 2021e).

Notes

First records from the study area.

Photograph

Fig. 27c

Discussion

Our survey of the semi-aquatic bugs from the MRS revealed the occurrence of 14 genera and 44 species belonging to the families Gerridae, Hydrometridae, Mesoveliidae and Veliidae in the study region (Table 2). This represents a 100% increase in relation to the specific diversity previously recorded from the area in literature (Champion 1898, Hungerford 1929b, Drake and Harris 1930, Kuitert 1942, Bacon 1948, Hungerford 1954, Neering 1954, Bacon 1956, Nieser 1970, Polhemus 1997, Moreira et al. 2008, Moreira et al. 2011a, Rodrigues et al. 2014a). Amongst the recorded species, Microvelia belterrensis sp. nov., M. hamadae sp. nov. and M. sousorum sp. nov. are described as new and, together with M. aschnakiranae, newly recorded from Brazil, increase the number of species of the genus known to occur in the country from 29 to 33 (Moreira 2021e). This contributes to fill a gap of knowledge about the genus in South America, where many species of Microveliinae remain undescribed (Polhemus and Polhemus 2007). Additionally, the recently-described Rhagovelia graziae is recorded from Brazil for the first time, increasing the distribution range of the species by more than 2000 km eastwards, from the Colombian Llanos to the Brazilian Amazon (Galindo-Malagón et al. 2021). Finally, M. longipes and Paravelia dilatata are recorded for the first time from Pará State. The former is quite common in temporary water bodies in South America and the new records fill a gap in its distribution between Roraima and Amazonas States and north-eastern Brazil (Polhemus 1990, Moreira and Campos 2012, Rodrigues et al. 2012, Cordeiro and Moreira 2015, Rodrigues et al. 2021). The latter is a much rarer species, known from less than 10 localities in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil (Amazonas State) (Polhemus 2014, Polhemus and Polhemus 1984, Pereira and Melo 2007, Rodrigues et al. 2014b, Rodrigues and Moreira 2016). Our record extends the known distribution of the species by about 600 km to the east of the previous records in its southern edge, in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (Polhemus and Polhemus 1984, Polhemus 2014, Rodrigues et al. 2014b, Rodrigues and Moreira 2016).

Table 2.

Distribution of semi-aquatic bug species in the three Municipalities of the MRS, Pará, Brazil and references for the records. A single asterisk (*) indicates a new record from Pará State. Two asterisks (**) indicate a new record from Brazil.

Taxa

Belterra

Mojuí dos Campos

Santarém

References

GERRIDAE

Charmatometrinae

Brachymetra lata

x

x

x

This work

Brachymetra shawi

x

This work

Cylindrostethinae

Cylindrostethus drakei

x

Nieser 1970

Cylindrostethus palmaris

x

x

x

Kuitert 1942, this work

Gerrinae

Limnogonus aduncus aduncus

x

Nieser 1970, this work

Limnogonus recurvus

x

x

x

Kuitert 1942, this work

Neogerris genticus

x

x

Drake and Harris 1930, this work

Neogerris lotus

x

Drake and Harris 1930

Neogerris lubricus

x

x

x

Kuitert 1942, Nieser 1970, this work

Neogerris visendus

x

x

Nieser 1970, this work

Tachygerris adamsoni

x

This work

Rhagadotarsinae

Rheumatobates crassifemur esakii

x

Hungerford 1954

Rheumatobates klagei

x

Hungerford 1954, Nieser 1970

HYDROMETRIDAE

Hydrometrinae

Hydrometra argentina

x

x

Champion 1898, this work

MESOVELIIDAE

Mesoveliinae

Mesovelia mulsanti

x

x

x

Neering 1954, this work.

Mesovelia zeteki

x

Moreira et al. 2008

VELIIDAE

Microveliinae

Microvelia aschnakiranae

x**

This work

Microvelia belterrensis sp. nov.

x

x

This work

Microvelia hamadae sp. nov.

x

This work

Microvelia longipes

x*

This work

Microvelia mimula

x

x

Moreira 2021c, this work

Microvelia pulchella

x

x

This work

Microvelia sousorum sp. nov.

x

This work

Microvelia summersi

x

Moreira et al. 2011a

Microvelia venustatis

x

Moreira et al. 2011a, this work

Rhagoveliinae

Rhagovelia amazonensis

x

Polhemus 1997

Rhagovelia brunae

x

x

x

This work

Rhagovelia elegans

x

x

x

Bacon 1956, Polhemus 1997, this work

Rhagovelia evidis

x

x

x

This work

Rhagovelia graziae

x**

This work

Rhagovelia jubata

x

x

This work

Rhagovelia tenuipes

x

Bacon 1956

Rhagovelia traili

x

x

x

Bacon 1948, this work

Veliinae

Callivelia conata

x

This work

Oiovelia chenae

x

Rodrigues et al. 2014a

Oiovelia cunucunumana

x

This work

Paravelia bullialata

x

This work

Paravelia dilatata

x*

This work

Stridulivelia alia

x

x

This work

Stridulivelia quadrispinosa

x

x

Hungerford 1929b, this work

Stridulivelia stridulata

x

This work

Stridulivelia strigosa

x

x

x

This work

Stridulivelia tersa

x

x

x

This work

Striduliveliab transversa

x

x

This work

Acknowledgements

This work was supported in part by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES; Financial Code 001), the Institutional Program for Teaching, Research and Extension, Federal University of Western Pará (PEEX – UFOPA 03.2019) and the Academic Development Support Program (PPGBEES – UFOPA 02/2020). We thank Dr. Carla F. B. Floriano for the photographs of the holotypes of Microvelia hinei, M. novana and M. venustatis; Dr. Thomas J. Henry and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) for authorising and providing the equipment used to make these photos; Dr. Fábio F. S. Moniz for confirming the use of Latin in the names of the three new species; and those who contributed during our fieldwork or with specimens: Dr. Neusa Hamada, Diego Sousa, Carlos Sousa, Laura Olivelia, Iomar Pereira, Douglas Couceiro, Marcos Santana, Lucas Moura, Evelyn Oliveira and Marcos Galúcio. SES benefited from a Master’s scholarship provided by CAPES. JMSR benefited from a postdoctoral fellowship provided by the State of Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation (FAPERJ; #E-26/202.317/2018). SRMC benefited from a grant provided by UFOPA (PEEX – UFOPA 03.2019). FFFM benefited from grants provided by FAPERJ (#E-26/203.207/2017, #E-26/201.066/2020) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq; #301942/2019-6).

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