Husseyella diffidens (Drake & Harris, 1933)

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 : 17

Husseyella diffidens (Drake & Harris, 1933)

Fig. 10A, C

Diagnosis. Body length 2.0– 2.5 mm; dorsum of head with transverse orange mark at base; pronotum with anterior transverse mark, all midline, and smaller posterior transverse mark orange; antennal length 1.70–1.95 mm; length of middle tarsus 0.70–0.85 mm; female abdominal laterotergites gradually tapering (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Conceição da Barra, Itaúnas River , mangrove; −18.5591, −39.7329; 19. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala, A Gomes leg.; 6 females, CEIOC 21239 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, ES, SP, SE.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Collected specimens (A–B), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (C). Gerromorpha, Gerridae. A. Husseyella diffidens, apterous female from Conceição da Barra, Espírito Santo (−18.5591, −39.7329).B. Husseyella halophila, apterous male from Conceição da Barra, Espírito Santo (−18.5726, −39.7573). Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records. Scale bars: 1 mm.