Rheumatobates minutus flavidus Drake & Harris, 1942

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 : 30

Rheumatobates minutus flavidus Drake & Harris, 1942

Figs. 18D–F , 19C

Diagnosis. Body length 1.6–2.2 mm; dorsum of apterous thorax mostly yellow; male antennomere I not incrassate, without tuft of stout setae ventrally; male antennomere III longest; male fore femur slightly thicker than middle femur, without tuft of stout setae on anterior margin; male hind leg unmodified, femur straight; male abdominal segment VIII not distinctly setose ( Hungerford 1954).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Conceição da Barra, Reserva Biológica do Córrego Grande , stream; alt. 49 m; −18.2369, −39.8251; 25. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 82888 • Conceição da Barra, Reserva Biológica do Córrego Grande , Pequi Lagoon; alt. 49 m; −18.2695, −39.7829; 25. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82890 • Jaguaré , pond; alt. 35 m; −19.0217, −39.9443; 27. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82194 • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica Córrego do Veado , stream; alt. 74 m; −18.3713, −40.1416; 24. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82889 • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Bom Jardim Waterfall, backwater next to a fallen trunk; −19.9990, −40.2344; 29.IV.2009; FFF Moreira leg.; 3 males, 5 females, UFVB • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama , flooded area; alt. 42 m; −18.9822, −40.2421; 27.VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 82192 • Same except puddle on the mud; alt. 30 m; −18.9704, −40.1168; 26. VI.2022; 5 females, CEIOC 82193 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, AM, ES*, MG, MT, PA, PE, RO, SE, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 18. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Gerridae. A−B. Rheumatobates bonariensis, apterous male from Sooretama, Espírito Santo (−19.16, −40.21). C. Rheumatobates crassifemur crassifemur, apterous male from Viçosa, Minas Gerais (−20.757, −42.8689). D−F. Rheumatobates minutus flavidus from Sooretama, Espírito Santo (−18.9822, −40.2421). D. Apterous male. E. Macropterous male. F. Apterous female. Scale bars: 1 mm (A−B, D−F), 2 mm (C).

FIGURE 19. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Rheumatobates bonariensis. B. Rheumatobates crassifemur crassifemur. B. Rheumatobates minutus flavidus. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.