Microvelia longipes 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 : 20

Microvelia longipes Uhler, 1894

Fig. 13A, C

Diagnosis. Body length approximately 3.0 mm; apterous pronotum almost completely covering mesonotum; male hind femur almost as long or longer than body, often exaggeratedly long (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Rio de Janeiro • Silva Jardim , shallow pool on road outside the park; −22.5297, −42.3221; 24. III.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 1 male, 7 females, CEIOC 81272 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, AM, BA, CE, ES, MG, MS, PA, PE, PI, RJ, RR, SC, SP.

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FIGURE 13. Collected specimens (A, B), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (C). Gerromorpha, Gerridae. A. Microvelia longipes, macropterous female from Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.5297, −42.3221). F. Microvelia mimula, macropterous male from Pedralva, Minas Gerais (−22.2, −45.5). Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records. Scale bars: 1 mm.