Microvelia hinei Drake, 1920

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 hinei Drake, 1920

Fig. 11C, F

Diagnosis. Body shorter than 1.5 mm; antennomeres III and IV thinner than I and II; apterous pronotum covering mesonotum and most of metanotum, but visible portion of metanotum longer than in previous species (compare Figs. 11B and 11C ); male terminalia not sinistrally rotated, small, strongly inserted into abdomen; male abdominal segment VIII without rows of bristly setae ventrally; male pygophore not flattened; male proctiger without lateral projections (Moreira 2012; dos Santos et al. 2021).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Conceição da Barra, Reserva Biológica do Córrego Grande , swamp; alt. 44 m; −18.2692, −39.7814; 25. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82982 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, AM, ES*, MG, MT, PA, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Collected specimens (A–C), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (D–F). Gerromorpha, Gerridae. A. Microvelia ayacuchana, apterous male from Iúna, Espírito Santo (−20.3613, −41.7309). B. Microvelia hamadae, apterous male from Bocaina de Minas, Minas Gerais (−22.2964, −44.5566). C. Microvelia hinei, apterous female from Conceição da Barra, Espírito Santo (−18.2692, −39.7814). Scale bars: 1 mm (A–B), 0.5 mm (C).