Limnogonus profugus Drake & Harris, 1930

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 : 14-15

Limnogonus profugus Drake & Harris, 1930

Figs. 8B , 9B

Diagnosis. Body length 8.0– 10.5 mm; antennomere I longer than head width across eyes; mesopleuron mainly brown, ventrally limited by band of silvery setae; male abdominal segment VIII without apical projection ventrally; posterior projection of female last abdominal laterotergite weakly developed ( Nieser & Melo 1997).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Aracruz, weirs; alt. 36 m; −19.6709, −40.2976; 28. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 2 males, CEIOC 82184 • Conceição da Barra , floodplain; alt. 21 m; −18.6341, −39.8141; 23. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82920 • Ibatiba , pond; alt. 671 m; −20.2650, −41.5461; 22. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81819 • Linhares, Reserva Biológica de Comboios , puddles; alt. 1 m; −19.6714, −39.8882; 26. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82903 • Mucurici, Ribeirão Itauninhas ; alt. 213 m; −18.0533, −40.5434; 21. IV.2023;; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82910 .— Minas Gerais • Pimenta , stream in farm; −20.6003, −45.8150; 30. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 21229 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, BA, CE, ES*, GO, MG, MS, MT, PA, PB, PE, PI, RJ, RS, SE, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Gerridae. A. Limnogonus ignotus, macropterous male from São Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais (−20.2581, −46.4098). B. Limnogonus profugus, macropterous male from Pimenta, Minas Gerais (−20.6003, −45.8150). C. Neogerris lubricus, macropterous male from Presidente Kennedy, Espírito Santo (−21.1315, −41.0247). D. Tachygerris adamsoni, macropterous male from Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro (−21.8139, −41.7554). Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 9. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Limnogonus ignotus. B. Limnogonus profugus. C. Neogerris lubricus. D. Tachygerris adamsoni. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.