Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894

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 : 128

Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894

( Figs 78 , 82 )

Geographical distribution: Argentina ( Harris & Drake 1941), Belize ( Spangler 1990), Bonaire ( Cobben 1960), Brazil ( Jaczewski 1928b), Canada ( Chagnon & Fournier 1948), Colombia ( Alvarez & Roldán-Pérez 1983), Costa Rica ( Spangler 1990), Cuba ( Nieser 1977), Curaçao ( Cobben 1960), Dominican Republic ( Spangler 1990), Galápagos Islands ( Peck 2001), Grenada ( Uhler 1894a), Hawaiian Islands ( Gagné & Howarth 1975), Jamaica ( Usinger 1968), Martinique ( De Kort-Gommers & Nieser 1969), Mexico ( Andersen & Polhemus 1980), Panama ( Harris & Drake 1941), Puerto Rico ( Harris & Drake 1941), Saint Eustatius ( Cobben 1960), Saint Vincent & the Grenadines ( Jaczewski 1930), Trinidad & Tobago ( Hynes 1948), United States of America ( Hungerford 1924).

Distribution in Brazil: AL*, AM ( Pereira & Melo 2007; Cordeiro & Moreira 2015), BA ( Cordeiro & Moreira 2015), CE ( Moreira & Campos 2012), ES ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Moreira & Campos 2012), MG ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Goulart et al. 2002; Vianna & Melo 2003; Melo & Nieser 2004; Souza et al. 2006), MT ( Fernandes & Wanzeler 2010; Dias-Silva et al. 2013), PA ( Drake & Harris 1946; Moreira et al. 2008; Moreira & Campos 2012; Guterres et al. 2019; Cunha & Juen 2020), PR ( Jaczewski 1928b), RJ ( Moreira et al. 2008; Moreira et al. 2011b), RO ( Moreira et al. 2008), SE*, SP ( Moreira et al. 2008; Moreira & Campos 2012).

Material examined: BRAZIL • Alagoas • 3 females, 1 nymph; Jequiá da Praia , REMLJ; -10.004130, - 36.025590; 30 Apr. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79879 . • 3 females; Murici , EEM; -9.253980, -35.801040; 28 Apr. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 81604 . • 6 females; same data, except: -9.220460, -35.870290; 29 Apr. 2018; CEIOC 79873 , 81606 . • 2 females; Murici , EEM, riacho em área de pasto; -9.229250, -35.871222; alt. 427 m; 22 May 2019; J.M.S. Rodrigues, W. Sousa & F.F.F. Moreira col.; CEIOC 79765 . • 1 female; Taquarana, Coité do Noá , queda d’água; -9.672300, -36.498710; 06 Jul.2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79880 . • 2 females; Quebrangulo, RBPT, brejo; -9.260810, -36.415670; 04 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79874 . • 3 females, 4 nymphs; same data, except: -9.262060, -36.426390; CEIOC 79876 . • 9 females; same data, except: -9.260420, -36.416020; CEIOC 79872 . • 2 female, 3 nymphs; same data, except: Rio Cafuringa ; -9.259130, -36.417430; CEIOC 79871 , 79878 . • 8 females; Quebrangulo, RBPT; -9.234030, -36.448860; 05 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79875 . • 5 females, 1 nymph; same data, except: Rio Cafuringa , parte alta; -9.245200, -36.421710; CEIOC 79877 . • 1 female; União dos Palmares, Santo Antônio da Lavagem , Rio Mundaú ; -9.1341915, -36.0809212; 21 May 2019; J.M.S. Rodrigues, H. Rodrigues, W. Sousa & F.F.F. Moreira col.; CEIOC 79763 . • 4 females; Viçosa, Fazenda Baixa Funda , riacho; -9.3242712, -36.2829933; 21 May 2019; J.M.S. Rodrigues, H. Rodrigues, W. Sousa & F.F.F. Moreira col.; CEIOC 79764 . • Sergipe • 1 female; Areia Branca, PNSI , Riacho Negro ; -10.747540, -37.340150; 08 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79869 . • 2 females; same data, except: Riacho Vermelho ; -10.738680, -37.335370; CEIOC 79770 . • 1 female, 2 nymphs; Estância, Rio Jacaré ; -10.985110, -37.286830; 04 May 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 81603 . • 4 females; Japoatã, Estrada SE-335; -10.367910, -36.807400; 03 May 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79868 . • 1 female; Lagarto, Estrada SE-170, açude; 09 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 81605 . • 1 female; 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 79867 .

Figures

FIGURE 82. Geographical distribution of of Hydrometra argentina, Mesovelia amoena, M. mulsanti, Husseyela diffidens and H. halophila in Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil.

FIGURES 77–81. Collected specimens, dorsal view. 77. Hydrometra argentina. 78. Mesovelia amoena. 79. M. mulsanti. 80. Husseyella diffidens. 81. Hu. halophila. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (77–78, 80–81), 0.5 mm (79).