Neogerris magnus (Kuitert, 1942)

Lima Franco, Cleilton, Mourão dos Santos Rodrigues, Juliana, Silva de Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from eastern Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil, Check List 17 (2), pp. 551-568 : 558

Neogerris magnus (Kuitert, 1942)

Figure 6G–I

New records. BRAZIL • 4 ♂, 2 ♀; Maranhão, São João do Soter, Fonte Mariana stream; −05.12666, −043.84111; 23 Dec. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00244, 00247, 00254 • 4 ♂, 1 ♀; Maranhão, Caxias, Jatobá stream; −04.90972, −043.11666; 28 Aug. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00243 .

Identification. Specimens of N. magnus are the largest of the genus in the Americas and can be readily identified based on the body length of at least 7.50 mm in the apterous form ( Fig. 6G) and 8.25 mm in the macropterous form ( Nieser 1994).

Distribution in Brazil. AP, AM, PA, MA*, MT.

Tribe Tachygerrini

Tachygerris Drake, 1957