Metrobates vigilis Drake, 1958

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 : 30

Metrobates vigilis Drake, 1958

Fig. 20A, D

Diagnosis. Body length approximately 4.0 mm; male meso- and metacetabula without spine ventrally; male fore femur with ventral spine; male paramere broad, apex obtuse ( Nieser 1993).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Linhares, Maria Bonita Farm , H-PS09; [−19.55, −39.81]; 20. IV.2015; 9 males, 1 female, UFVB • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, São José River ; [−19.16, −40.21]; 19.VII.2011; 1 male, 1 female, UFVB • PS08; 28.IX.2014; 1 male, UFVB .– Minas Gerais • Divinópolis, Trindade Waterfall ; −20.2594, −44.9158; 02. V.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 1 male, 3 females, CEIOC 79965 .— Rio de Janeiro • Silva Jardim, Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas , Aldeia Velha River ; −22.4997, −42.2662; 23. III.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 4 males, 4 females, CEIOC 21203 , 21204 .

Distribution in Brazil. ES*, MG, MS, RJ*, SC.

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FIGURE 20. Collected specimens (A–C), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (D−F). A. Metrobates vigilis, apterous male from Divinópolis, Minas Gerais (−20.2594, −44.9158). B. Halobatopsis platensis, apterous male from São Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais (−20.2581, −46.4098). C. Halobatopsis spiniventris, apterous male from São José do Barreiro, São Paulo (−22.7481, −44.6145). D. Metrobates vigilis. E. Halobatopsis platensis. F. Halobatopsis spiniventris. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records; question mark indicates unspecified locality. Scale bars: 2 mm.