Hydrometra argentina Berg, 1879

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Nery, Leticia, Rodrigues, Higor D. D. & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Survey of the semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 103-159 : 127

Hydrometra argentina Berg, 1879

( Figs 77 , 82 )

Geographical distribution: Argentina ( Berg 1879), Bolivia (Drake 1953), Brazil ( White 1879a), Chile ( Reed 1901), Colombia ( Roback & Nieser 1974), Ecuador ( Cianferoni & Buzzetti 2012), Panama (Drake 1954), Paraguay (Torre-Bueno 1926), Peru ( Torre-Bueno 1926), Suriname ( Nieser 1970b), Trinidad & Tobago ( Hynes 1948), Uruguay ( Ruffinelli & Pirán 1959), Venezuela ( Drake & Lauck 1959).

Distribution in Brazil: AL*, AM ( White 1879a; Nieser 1970b; Pereira & Melo 2007; Moreira et al. 2009), AP (Moreira et al. 2009), BA (Moreira et al. 2009), ES ( Martins et al. 2017), MG ( Torre-Bueno 1926; Nieser & Melo 1997; Goulart et al. 2002; Melo & Nieser 2004; Pelli et al. 2006; Souza et al. 2006), MS ( Torre-Bueno 1926; Floriano et al. 2013), MT ( Nieser 1970b; Heckman 1998; Fernandes & Wanzeler 2010; Dias-Silva et al. 2013), PA ( Champion 1898; Nieser 1970b; Moreira et al. 2009), PB ( Moreira & Campos 2012), PR ( Jaczewski 1928a), RJ ( Kirkaldy 1899; Moreira et al. 2009), RS ( Neri et al. 2005), SC ( University of California, Berkeley 2009), SE*, SP ( Moreira & Campos 2012).

Material examined: BRAZIL • Alagoas • 1 male, 1 nymph; Jequiá da Praia , REMLJ, Rio Jequiá ; -10.008730, -36.022970; 30 Apr. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79725 . • 2 females; Poço das Trincheiras, Rio Ipanema ; -9.283250, -37.272611; alt. 292 m; 24 May 2019; J.M.S. Rodrigues, W. Sousa & F.F.F. Moreira col.; CEIOC 79723 . • 1 female; Viçosa, Fazenda Baixa Funda ; -9.323889, -36.282500; alt. 284 m; 21 Mar. 2019; H. Rodrigues col.; MZUSP . • Sergipe • 1 male, 1 female; Estância, Lagoa dos Tambaquis ; - 11.311990, -37.303170; 05 May 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79722 . • 1 male; same data, except: complexo de dunas da Praia do Saco; -11.419020, -37.322310; CEIOC 79724 .

Figures

FIGURE 82. Geographical distribution of of Hydrometra argentina, Mesovelia amoena, M. mulsanti, Husseyela diffidens and H. halophila in Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil.

FIGURES 77–81. Collected specimens, dorsal view. 77. Hydrometra argentina. 78. Mesovelia amoena. 79. M. mulsanti. 80. Husseyella diffidens. 81. Hu. halophila. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (77–78, 80–81), 0.5 mm (79).