Microvelia ayacuchana Drake and Maldonado-Capriles, 1952

Moreira, F. F. F., Nessimian, J. L., Rúdio, J. A. & Salles, F. F., 2010, New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), Journal of Natural History 44 (45 - 46), pp. 2761-2801 : 2790

Microvelia ayacuchana Drake and Maldonado-Capriles, 1952

Representatives of this peculiar species are rare in collections, and have been found so far in Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil (AM) ( Spangler and Froeschner 1987). It is recorded here for the first time from southeastern Brazil, which represents a great increase of the known distribution for this species.

Examined material

Brazil: Espírito Santo – Nova Venécia, Fazenda Deprá, Córrego Santa Rosa da Cachoeirinha , poça no rio [−18.79473 ◦ / −40.58756 ◦], 9 February 2009, (F.F.F. Moreira): 2 apterous males, 4 macropterous males, 4 macropterous females. São Mateus , Estrada BR-381, próximo à Nova Venécia , poças laterais da cachoeira, fundo de pedra [−18.68056 ◦ / −40.18241 ◦], 9 February 2009 (F.F.F. Moreira): 1 macropterous male, 5 nymphs. Sooretama , Reserva Biológica de Sooretama , Cachoeira Bom Jardim [18 ◦ 59 ′ 56.5 ′′ S, 40 ◦ 14 ′ 4 ′′ W 39 m asl], lados da cachoeira, 29–30 April 2009 (F.F.F. Moreira): 6 apterous males, 8 apterous females, 7 nymphs .