Microvelia (Microvelia) pulchella Westwood, 1834

Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Barbosa, Julianna Freires, Ribeiro, José Ricardo Inacio & Alecrim, Viviani Pereira, 2011, Checklist and distribution of semiaquatic and aquatic Heteroptera (Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) occurring in Brazil 2958, Zootaxa 2958 (1), pp. 1-74 : 18

Microvelia (Microvelia) pulchella Westwood, 1834

Geographical distribution: Canada, United States of America, Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, U. S. Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Martin, Saba, St. Kitts & Nevis, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Aruba, Colombia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Barbados, Curaçao, Klein Curaçao, Bonaire, Klein Bonaire, Grenada, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina.

Distribution in Brazil: all regions (AM, PE [Fernando de Noronha], MG, MS, ES, RJ, SC) ( Drake & Plaumann 1953, 1955; Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004; Pelli et al. 2006; Souza et al. 2006; Pereira & Melo 2007; Ribeiro et al. 2010).

Comments: This species was recorded from “Rio Caraguatá, Matto Grosso” [MT] by Drake and Plaumann (1953), but the area now belongs to MS.