Merragata hebroides White, 1877

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 : 35

Merragata hebroides White, 1877

Fig. 23C, F

Comments. So far, only this species and M. sessoris Drake & Harris, 1943 have been recorded from South America east of the Andes. Our material was identified based on the shape of the male paramere, which was compared with the drawing provided by Drake & Chapman (1958: fig. 4b).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Colatina , pond; alt. 130 m; −19.3050, −40.7519; 25. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82206 • Ecoporanga , swamp; alt. 224 m; −18.2991, −40.7495; 21. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82940 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, AM, CE, ES*, MA, MS, MT, SE.

Figures

FIGURE 23. Collected specimens (A–C) and distribution in southeastern Brazil (D–F). Gerromorpha, Hebridae. A. Hebrus parvulus, brachypterous female from Iúna, Espírito Santo (−20.3680, −41.8315). B. Lipogomphus lacuniferus, macropterous male from Apiacá, Espírito Santo (−21.1193, −41.5668). C. Merragata hebroides, macropterous male from Colatina, Espírito Santo (−19.3050, −40.7519). D. Hebrus parvulus. E. Lipogomphus lacuniferus. F. Merragata hebroides. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records; question mark indicates unspecified locality. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.