Microvelia longipes Uhler, 1894

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 longipes Uhler, 1894

This species was previously known from the Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil (MG, MS, SC), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina ( Drake 1952; Drake and Plaumann 1953, 1955; Drake and Hussey 1955; Nieser and Melo 1997), and is recorded for the first time from Espírito Santo State.

Examined material

Brazil: Espírito Santo – Pancas , sítio na beira da estrada, brejo, ES-10 , 28 March 2009 (F.F.F. Moreira): 2 macropterous males, 1 apterous male [−19.23781 ◦ / −40.80644 ◦, 99 m asl] .