Microvelia venustatis Drake & Harris, 1933

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Nery, Leticia, Rodrigues, Higor D. D. & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Survey of the semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 103-159 : 138

Microvelia venustatis Drake & Harris, 1933

( Figs 89–90 )

Geographical distribution: Argentina ( Torres et al. 2007), Brazil ( Drake & Harris 1933b), Colombia ( Molano et al. 2016), Paraguay ( Drake & Hussey 1951), Peru ( Drake & Hussey 1951).

Distribution in Brazil: AL*, AM ( Pereira & Melo 2007; Moreira et al. 2011d; Cordeiro & Moreira 2015), ES ( Moreira et al. 2010), MA ( Moreira & Campos 2012), MG ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004), MT (Dias-Silva et al. 2013; Dias-Silva et al. 2020), PA ( Moreira et al. 2011d; Moreira & Campos 2012; Guterres et al. 2019), RJ ( Drake & Hussey 1951), SC ( Drake & Plaumann 1955), SE*, SP (Moreira & Barbosa 2011; Cordeiro & Moreira 2015; Magalhães et al. 2020).

Material examined: BRAZIL • Alagoas • 1 male; Murici , EEM; -9.222430, -35.870060; 28 Apr. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 81214 . • 1 male, 1 female; Quebrangulo, RBPT, Rio Cafuringa ; -9.259130, -36.417430; 04 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 81215 . • 2 females; same data, except: Sítio Juliana , rio; -9.236680, -36.449380; 05 Jul. 2018; CEIOC 81220 . • 3 males, 4 females, 7 nymphs; same data, except: Rio Cafuringa , parte alta; -9.245200, -36.421710; 05 Jul. 2018; CEIOC 81223 . • 10 males, 5 females; Penedo , jusante da represa; -10.294167, -36.510833; alt. 10 m; 16 Sep. 2017; L-0002; H. Rodrigues col.; MZUSP • Sergipe • 8 males, 2 females; Areia Branca, PNSI, Riacho Vermelho ; -10.738680, -37.335370; 08 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 81218 . • 2 males, 4 females; same data, except: Riacho Negro ; -10.747540, -37.340150; CEIOC 81224 . • 1 male; Lagarto, Estrada SE-170, açude; 09 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 81217 .

Figures

FIGURES 88–89. Collected specimens, dorsal view. 88. Microvelia quieta. 89. M. venustatis. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 90. Geographical distribution of Microvelia ayacuchana, M. hinei, M. longipes, M. mimula, M. pulchella, M. quieta and M. venustatis in Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil. Star indicates previously published record.