Rheumatobates ornatus Polhemus & Cheng, 1976

Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Springer, Monika, 2018, The water striders (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Costa Rica: new species, checklist, and new records, Zootaxa 4471 (3), pp. 493-522 : 511

Rheumatobates ornatus Polhemus & Cheng, 1976

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This species is known only from Costa Rica where it was collected at sea level in estuaries along the Pacific Coast of Puntarenas Province ( Polhemus & Cheng 1976, Padilla-Gil & Pacheco-Chaves 2012).

Material examined. Puntarenas— Punta Morales, Manglares Project, 0 m a.s.l., 20.XXII.1998, (F. Mejía): 1 male, 3 females, 6 nymphs (MZUCR). Troya Estuary, Blanca Beach, Puerto Jiménez, Osa, 0 m a.s.l., I.2009, (A. Castillo): 11 males, 4 females, 3 nymphs (MZUCR).

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FIGURE 10. Collecting records of Charmatometrinae and Rhagadotarsinae within the Costa Rican territory.