Rheumatobates bonariensis (Berg, 1898)

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 : 28

Rheumatobates bonariensis (Berg, 1898)

Figs. 18A, B , 19A

Diagnosis. Body length 1.9–2.5 mm; male antennomere I longest, not incrassate, without tuft of stout setae ventrally; male fore femur without tuft of stout setae on anterior margin, without row of long stout conical setae ventrally; male hind leg unmodified, femur straight; venter of male abdominal segments VII and VIII deeply longitudinally grooved ( Hungerford 1954).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, São José River ; [−19.16, −40.21]; 22.IX.2015; 1 male, 4 females, UFVB .

Distribution in Brazil. ES*, MA, MT, RS, SC, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 18. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Gerridae. A−B. Rheumatobates bonariensis, apterous male from Sooretama, Espírito Santo (−19.16, −40.21). C. Rheumatobates crassifemur crassifemur, apterous male from Viçosa, Minas Gerais (−20.757, −42.8689). D−F. Rheumatobates minutus flavidus from Sooretama, Espírito Santo (−18.9822, −40.2421). D. Apterous male. E. Macropterous male. F. Apterous female. Scale bars: 1 mm (A−B, D−F), 2 mm (C).

FIGURE 19. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Rheumatobates bonariensis. B. Rheumatobates crassifemur crassifemur. B. Rheumatobates minutus flavidus. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.