Platyvelia brachialis ( Stål, 1860 )

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 : 143-144

Platyvelia brachialis ( Stål, 1860)

( Figs 100 , 104 )

Geographical distribution: Argentina ( Torres et al. 2008), Belize ( Floriano et al. 2017a), Brazil ( Stål 1860), Colombia ( Roback & Nieser 1974), Costa Rica ( Polhemus & Polhemus 1993), Cuba ( Uhler 1894a), Dominican Republic ( Drake & Maldonado-Capriles 1956), El Salvador ( Floriano et al. 2017a), Grenada ( Uhler 1894a), Guatemala ( Champion 1898), Haiti ( Perez-Gelabert & Floriano 2016), Jamaica ( Lanigan & Hyslop 2011), Mexico ( Uhler 1894b), Nicaragua ( Polhemus & Polhemus 1993), Panama ( Champion 1898), Peru ( Polhemus & Polhemus 1993), Suriname ( Polhemus & Polhemus 1993), Trinidad & Tobago ( Hynes 1948), United States of America ( Snow 1905), Venezuela ( Floriano et al. 2017a).

Distribution in Brazil: AL*, ES ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Moreira et al. 2010; Crumière et al. 2016), GO ( Polhemus & Polhemus 1993), MG ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004; Souza et al. 2006), MS ( Floriano et al. 2013), MT ( Dias-Silva et al. 2013; Dias-Silva et al. 2020), PE ( Rodrigues et al. 2012), PI ( Cordeiro & Moreira 2015), RJ ( Stål 1860; Ribeiro et al. 2010), SC ( Polhemus & Polhemus 1993), SE*.

Material examined: BRAZIL • Alagoas • 1 female, 4 nymphs; Campo Grande , rio; -9.955930, -36.837280; 07 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 81257 . • 1 male; Igaci, Rodovia BR-316, Rio Lunga ; -9.531060, -36.533150; 06 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79728 . • 1 male; Maragogi, APACC; -8.930730, -35.210490; 29 Apr. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79727 . • 1 female; Murici , EEM; -9.220460, -35.870290; 28 Apr. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79726 . • 1 male, 3 females, 1 nymph; Quebrangulo, RBPT, riacho em um pasto; -9.260420, -36.416020; 04 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79730 . • 3 males, 1 female; same data, except: Rio Cafuringa ; -9.259130, -36.417430; CEIOC 79731 . • 1 male, 1 female, 2 nymphs; same data, except: Sítio Juliana , rio; -9.234030, -36.448860; 05 Jul. 2018; CEIOC 79733 . • 1 female; Taquarana, Coité do Noá , queda d´água; -9.67230, -36.49871; 06 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 81256 . • 1 male; Viçosa, Cachoeira do Anel ; -9.3174619, -36.2943674; alt. 333 m; 21 May 2019; J.M.S. Rodrigues, H. Rodrigues, W. Sousa & F.F.F. Moreira col.; CEIOC 79781 . • 1 male, 1 female; same data, except: Fazenda Baixa Funda , riacho; -9.3242712, -36.2829933; CEIOC 79784 . • 1 male, 1 female; Viçosa, Fazenda Baixa Funda ; -9.323889, -36.282500; alt. 284 m; 21 Mar. 2019; H. Rodrigues col.; MZUSP . • 1 male; Viçosa, Fazenda Baixa Funda ; -9.324022, -36.282647; alt. 284 m; 14 Sep. 2017; L-0001; H. Rodrigues & K. Paresque col.; MZUSP . • Sergipe • 1 male, 4 females, 2 nymphs; Japoatã, Estrada SE- 335; -10.367910, -36.807400; 03 May 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79732 . • 2 females; São Cristóvão, Estrada Rita Cacete ; -10.985110, -37.286830; 04 May 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79729 .

Figures

FIGURE 104. Geographical distribution of Paravelia capilata, Pa. conata, Platyvelia brachialis, Stridulivelia ayacucho, S. quadrispinosa, and S. tersa in Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil.

FIGURES 98–103. Collected specimens, dorsal view. 98. Paravelia capillata. 99. Pa. conata. 100. Platyvelia brachialis. 101. Stridulivelia ayacucho. 102. S. quadrispinosa. 103. S. tersa. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.