Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5393 (1), pp. 1-86 : 48

Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894

Figs. 34B , 35B

Diagnosis. Body approximately 2.0 mm long, yellowish-brown to dark-brown; pro- and mesopleura not broadly pruinose; middle femur without row of black spinules on posterior surface; male abdominal sterna VI and VIII without black spinules; male paramere long and slender in lateral view ( Spangler 1990).

Comments. Males of this species are extremely rare in the Neotropics.

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Conceição da Barra , ponto 11, puddle on the side of the road; −18.6340, −39.8140; 01. V.2009; FFF Moreira leg.; 7 females, UFVB • Presidente Kennedy , flooded pond; alt. 9 m; −21.1315, −41.0247; 25. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 81869 • São Mateus , puddle; −18.7100, −39.7800; 02.X.2007; FF Salles leg.; 4 females, UFVB • São Mateus, São Lázaro Ranch , dam; −18.7231, −39.9117; 20.XI.2007; FF Salles leg.; 1 female, UFVB • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Bom Jardim Waterfall, algas; −18.9990, −40.2344; 29.IV.2009; FFF Moreira leg.; 1 female, UFVB .— Rio de Janeiro • Casimiro de Abreu / Silva Jardim , Aldeia Velha, Andorinhas Waterfall; −22.4342, −42.2934; 25. III.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 17510 • Macaé, Sana, Peito do Pombo River ; −22.3176, −42.1897; 26. III.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 17512 • Same except pool next to the river; −22.3171, −42.1900; 26. III.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 17515 • Silva Jardim, Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas , trail, pool #2; −22.5009, −42.2676; 23. III.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 17511 • Silva Jardim, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra Grande , Sete Quedas Waterfall; −22.4502, −42.3220; 25. III.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 17516 .— São Paulo • São José do Barreiro, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina , Flora Mariana Farm, artificial lake; −22.7263, −44.6276; 09. II.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , JMS FS Motta, B Clarkson leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 81566 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, AM, BA, CE, ES, MA, MG, MT, PA, PE, PI, PR, RJ, RO, SE, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 34. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Mesoveliidae. A. Mesoveloidea williamsi, macropterous male from Casimiro de Abreu / Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4342, −42.2934). B. Mesovelia amoena, apterous female from Macaé, Rio de Janeiro (−22.3171, −42.1900). C. Mesovelia bila, apterous male from Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro (−21.87311, −41.92627). D. Mesovelia mulsanti, macropterous male from São Mateus, Espírito Santo (−18.7360, −39.7962). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 35. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Mesoveloidea williamsi. B. Mesovelia amoena. C. Mesovelia bila. D. Mesovelia mulsanti. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.