Platyvelia brachialis ( Stål, 1860 )

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 : 75

Platyvelia brachialis ( Stål, 1860)

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Diagnosis. Polymorphic apterous, micropterous, or macropterous; body length 4.5–5.1 mm; anterior margin of pronotum narrower than or subequal to head width through eyes, anterolateral corners not projected; in apterous or micropterous specimens, angulate metanotal projections not exposed; male paramere slightly constricted at midlength, tapering towards apex (Rodrigues et al. 2021).

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.; 2 males, 3 females, CEIOC 82897 • Ibatiba , weir; alt. 782 m; −20.2602, −41.6068; 22. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 2 females, CEIOC 81846 • Ibatiba , pond; alt. 671 m; −20.2650, −41.5461; 22. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 81847 • Iúna , weir; alt. 711 m; −20.3503, −41.5579; 21. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 2 females, CEIOC 81848 • Jaguaré , pond; alt. 35 m; −19.0217, −39.9443; 27. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82248 • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica do Córrego do Veado, Algas ; [– 18.37, –40.14]; 21.I.2010; 1 male, UFVB • Same except Córrego Santo Antônio; –18.3714, –40.1416; 21. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , A Khila, S Viala, A Gomes leg.; 1 male, UFVB • Santa Teresa , weir; alt. 823 m; −19.9356, −40.6690; 23. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82247 • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Paraisópolis Stream, marginal vegetation; alt. 38 m; –18.9842, –40.2423; 15.VII.2008; FF Salles leg.; 1 male, UFVB • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Rodrigues Stream; −19.0269, −40.2276; 23.IV.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 21235 .— Rio de Janeiro • Nova Iguaçu, Reserva Biológica do Tinguá , CEDAE dam; −22.5873, −43.4369; 12.IX.2016; JF Barbosa, LL Dumas, JL Nessimian leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 81550 • Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional da Tijuca ; −22.9591, −43.2786; 04.XII.2016; FFF Moreira, Y Wang leg.; 2 males, 1 female, CEIOC 81549 • Sumidouro, Bela Joana ; −22.0072, −42.6485; 28.IX.2016; JF Barbosa, LL Dumas, JL Nessimian leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81548 • Same except do Encanto River , bridge on the road; −22.0079, −42.6456; 1 female, CEIOC 81551 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, BA, CE, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PE, PI, RJ, RR, SC, SE, SP.

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FIGURE 54. Platyvelia brachialis. A. Micropterous male from Sooretama, Espírito Santo (−19.0269, −40.2276). B. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records; question mark indicates unspecified locality. Scale bar: 1 mm.