Microvelia ioana Drake & Hottes, 1952

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 ioana Drake & Hottes, 1952

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Diagnosis. Body length 1.8–2.4 mm; general color brownish, without contrasting areas of silvery pubescence; apterous pronotum completely covering mesonotum and metanotum; male parameres symmetrical; proepisternum lacking black denticles; female abdominal laterotergites reflected over mediotergites, but each side widely separated from the other (Moreira 2012; Magalhães et al. 2021).

New records. BRAZIL — Minas Gerais • Bocaina de Minas, Alcantilado River , small waterfall; −22.2964, −44.5566; 18.XI.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, RB Braga, JMS Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, 13 females, CEIOC 28842 • Pimenta , stream in farm; −20.6003, −45.8149; 30. IV.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S. Viala leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 28825 .— Rio de Janeiro • Itatiaia, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Estrada das Residências , pool; −22.4392, −44.6102; 16.XI.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, RB Braga, JMS Rodrigues leg.; 2 males, 5 females, CEIOC 28828 • Itatiaia, Campo Belo River , station 1; −22.45, −44.61; 1 female, CEIOC 81545 • Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional da Tijuca ; −22.9541, −43.2919; 06.XII.2016; FFF Moreira, Y Wang leg.; 16 males, 41 females, CEIOC 81506 , 81581 • Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Tijuca River basin; −22.9488, −43.2861; 03.XII.2014; FFF Moreira, FS Motta, JMS Rodrigues leg.; 3 males, 2 females, CEIOC 28830 • Teresópolis, Quebra-Frasco Road , stream; −22.4205, −43.0084; 30.XII.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta leg.; 3 males, 1 female, CEIOC 28817 • Teresópolis, Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos , Pedra do Sino trail, station 1; −22.4483, −43.0077; 29.XII.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta leg.; 24 males, 30 females, CEIOC 28838 , 28822 • Same except station 3; −22.4506, −43.0137; 6 males, 13 females, CEIOC 28832 • Same except station 4; −22.4506, −43.0137; 10 males, 28 females, CEIOC 28827 , 28837 • Same except station 5; −22.4541, −43.0163; 6 males, 6 females, CEIOC 28824 • Same except right branch of Paquequer River ; −22.4561, −42.9966; 3 males, 9 females, CEIOC 28831 • Same except tributaries on right margin of Paquequer River ; −22.4549, −42.9999; 21 males, 30 females, CEIOC 28826 • Same except Serra do Subayo, Sayonara City ; −22.446, −42.890; 3 males, 1 female, CEIOC 28833 .— São Paulo • São José do Barreiro, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina, stream tributary to Mambucaba River ; −22.7363, −44.6159; 07. II.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , FS Motta, B Clarkson leg.; 3 males, 3 females, CEIOC 28821 • Same except Mambucaba River ; −22.7430, −44.6165; 1 male, CEIOC 81775 .

Distribution in Brazil. MG*, RJ, SC, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Collected specimens of Microvelia ioana (Gerromorpha, Gerridae) from Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4483, −43.0077) (A, B), and distribution in southeastern Brazil (C). A. Apterous male. B. Macropterous male. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records. Scale bars: 1 mm.