Latest Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal Latest 5 Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal https://bdj.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:24:06 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://bdj.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal https://bdj.pensoft.net/ New species, new records and key to the species of the Rhagovelia itatiaiana group (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) from Brazil https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/105614/ Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e105614

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e105614

Authors: Oséias Magalhães, Carla Floriano, Felipe Moreira

Abstract: Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae), known as riffle bugs, includes more than 400 species and is commonly found in tropical lotic environments, including coastal marine habitats, such as mangroves and estuaries. Due to the elevated number of species, the fauna from the Americas has been divided into several groups, which facilitates taxonomic studies. Amongst them, the itatiana group currently includes two species from the Greater Antilles and five from south-eastern and southern Brazil. Despite the many taxonomic studies developed during the past few decades, new species of Rhagovelia are still being discovered in several areas of the continent, including the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.Rhagovelia bispoi sp. n. is described, illustrated and compared with similar congeners. The new species belongs to the itatiaiana group and can be diagnosed by the uniformly black mesonotum, the presence of a tuft of setae medially on male abdominal sternum VII, the armature of the male hind femur and the distinctive shape of the paramere. In addition, we present new records of R. trepida Bacon, 1948 from the States of Paraná and Santa Catarina and a key to the species of the itatiaiana group recorded from Brazil.

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Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:16:34 +0300
Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Metropolitan Region of Santarém, Brazil, including three new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Veliidae: Microveliinae) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/68567/ Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e68567

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e68567

Authors: Suzane dos Santos, Juliana Rodrigues, Sheyla Couceiro, Felipe Moreira

Abstract: 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.Aiming to fill gaps concerning the diversity and distribution of Gerromorpha in the Amazon, a survey of the semiaquatic 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)).

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Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 1 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0300
Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/56883/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e56883

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e56883

Authors: Arthien Lovell Pelingen, Herbert Zettel, Clister Pangantihon, Kyra Mari Dominique Aldaba, Earl Kevin Fatallo, Jemillie Madonna de Leon, Hendrik Freitag

Abstract: This survey aims to provide an updated species checklist of aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs in the intra-Philippine biogeographic region of Mindoro. An assessment survey of water bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) was conducted by mostly manual collection in selected areas of Oriental Mindoro from 2017 to 2018, in which some of the collecting activities were contributed by graduate students of Ateneo de Manila University.Twenty-nine aquatic and semi-aquatic heteropteran species were documented and some are known island-endemic species or subspecies, including Enithares martini mindoroensis Nieser & Zettel, 1999, Hydrotrephes stereoides mindoroensis Zettel, 2003, Aphelocheirus freitagi Zettel & Pangantihon, 2010, Rhagovelia mindoroensis Zettel, 1994, Rhagovelia raddai Zettel, 1994, Rhagovelia potamophila Zettel, 1996, and Strongylovelia mindoroensis Lansbury & Zettel, 1997, which were found in new areas in the region. In addition, there are also new records for the island that have already been documented before in other parts of the Philippines, such as the Philippine-endemic Ochterus magnus Gapud & San Valentin, 1977 and Hebrus philippinus Zettel, 2006, and the widely distributed backswimmers Anisops nigrolineatus Lundblad, 1933 and Anisops rhomboides Nieser & Chen, 1999. Several undescribed specimens and potentially new species are also discussed in this paper. Further surveys in the other parts of Mindoro, and in the other regions of the Philippines, are encouraged to produce a comprehensive baseline data of heteropteran species richness in the country.

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Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 4 Nov 2020 17:40:00 +0200
New records of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from South America https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/7975/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7975

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7975

Authors: Felipe Moreira, Higor Rodrigues, Julianna Barbosa, Barbora Reduciendo Klementová, Marek Svitok

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Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 13 May 2016 08:47:38 +0300
New distributional data on aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from South America https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4913/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4913

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4913

Authors: Isabelle Cordeiro, Felipe Moreira

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