Microvelia ubatuba Moreira & Barbosa, 2011

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 : 26-27

Microvelia ubatuba Moreira & Barbosa, 2011

Fig. 17A, C

Diagnosis. Apterous form unknown; body length 2.2–2.3 mm; male terminalia not sinistrally rotated; venter of male abdominal segment VIII with distinct rounded depression, posterior margin with central notch (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Rio de Janeiro • Silva Jardim, Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas, pool on trail; −22.5016, −42.2673; 23.III.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 2 males, 4 females, CEIOC 28818.

Distribution in Brazil. AM, MT, RJ*, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 17. A, B. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Gerridae. A. Microvelia ubatuba, macropterous female from Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.5016, −42.2673). B. Microvelia venustatis, apterous male from Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4278, −42.0424). C, D. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. C. Microvelia ubatuba. D. Microvelia venustatis. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records; question mark indicates unspecified locality. Scale bars: 1 mm.