Gelastocoris flavus flavus (Guérin-Méneville, 1835)

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 : 79

Gelastocoris flavus flavus (Guérin-Méneville, 1835)

Fig. 56A, C

Diagnosis. Body length 5.5–8.8 mm; pronotum with lateral margin notched, without carinae on posterior portion. Male genitalia: tumescence of right paramere adnate to base of paramere; keel hook very long and recurved, extending completely back across base of pan; pan not bilobed, long, more or less rounded ( Todd 1955).

New records. BRAZIL — Rio de Janeiro • Campos dos Goytacazes ; −21.7469, −41.4994; 13. V.2017; RC Silva leg.; 16 males, 9 females, CEIOC 36520 .

Distribution in Brazil. AM ( Melin 1929; Pereira & Melo 2007), BA ( Melin 1929), ES ( Todd 1955), GO ( Todd 1957), MG ( Melin 1929; De Carlo 1954; Todd 1955; Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004; Pelli et al. 2006), MS ( Floriano et al. 2013), MT ( Melin 1929; Schnack & Estévez 1979; Heckman 1998), PA ( Melin 1929; Nieser 1972, 1975; Boulard & Jauffret 1984), PR ( Melin 1929), RJ ( Stål, 1860; Todd 1955; De Carlo 1959; Nieser 1972), RS ( Melin 1929), SC ( Todd 1955, 1972; Nieser 1977), SP ( Todd 1955; Nieser 1972; Castanhole et al. 2013; Pereira et al. 2015), TO ( Todd 1957).

Figures

FIGURE 56. Collected specimens (A, B), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (C, D). Nepomorpha, Gelastocoridae from Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro (−21.7469, −41.4994), males. A, C. Gelastocoris flavus flavus. B, D. Nerthra nepaeformis. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records; question marks indicate unspecified locality. Scale bars: 2 mm.