Trepobates trepidus Drake & Harris, 1928

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 : 514

Trepobates trepidus Drake & Harris, 1928

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Trepobates trepidus is another widespread species, although less than T. taylori , occurring from the southern United States to Ecuador ( Drake & Harris 1928a, b, 1933; Beck 1936; Drake & Harris 1938; Drake & Hottes 1951a, 1952; Drake & Chapman 1953; Drake & Roze 1954; Matsuda 1962; Alvarez & Roldán 1983; Aristizábal 2002; Polhemus & Polhemus 2002; Padilla-Gil & Nieser 2003; Camacho & Molano 2005; Molano et al. 2005, 2008; Molano & Camacho 2006; Rivera & Camacho 2006; Valencia 2006; Rivera et al. 2008; Morales & Molano 2008; Posso & González 2008; Galindo et al. 2009; Morales & Castro 2010; Buzzetti & Cianferoni 2011; Padilla- Gil 2012; Mondragón & Morales 2013; Herrera 2014). It was previously reported from Costa Rica (Puntarenas and San José provinces) and is herein recorded for the first time from Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, and Limón provinces. The habitats occupied are the same as those of T. taylori , in both slopes of Costa Rica up to 700 m a.s.l.

Material examined. Alajuela— Chachagua, N 10° 24’ 29.1’’, W -084° 34’ 13.0’’, 136 m a.s.l., 2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 male, 7 females, 5 nymphs (MZUCR). San Carlos, Chachagua, 29. III.2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 female ( MZUCR). San Carlos, Peje River : 1 male (MZUCR). San Carlos, Chachagua, 20.IX.2008, (R. Quesada): 1 male, 1 nymph ( MZUCR). San Ramón, Peñas Blancas, Peñas Blancas River , 29. III.2008, (B. Pacheco): 3 males, 7 females, 6 nymphs ( MZUCR). San Ramón, Peñas Blancas , N 10° 21.473’, W -084° 38.597’, 390 m a.s.l. , 31.VII.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 male, 4 females ( MZUCR). Cartago— Tucurrique, Reventazón , La Joya Hydropower Project , 17.VII.2007, (M. Springer): 1 male, 2 females ( MZUCR). Guanacaste — Abangares River , X 424,673, Y 246,748 , 25. III.2009, (D. Vásquez & B. Pacheco): 7 males, 1 female ( MZUCR). Limón— Cerere River , N 09° 42’ 08.6’’, W -83° 02’ 11.3’’, 65 m a.s.l. , 10.X.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 male, 2 females (MZUCR). Estrella River, 17.V.2009, (B. Pacheco): 2 females ( MZUCR). Puntarenas— Osa, Puerto Jiménez , Tigre River , 25.II.2010, (B. Pacheco): 3 males, 5 females, 1 nymph ( MZUCR). Osa, Térraba River Watershed Project , IV.2000, (M. Springer): 2 females, 1 nymph ( MZUCR). Diquís Hydropower Project, Grande de Térraba Watershed, Coto Brus River , 3.I.2006: 1 male, 3 nymphs ( MZUCR). Uvita River , N 09° 10.820’, W -83° 43.285’ , 2.II.2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 female ( MZUCR). Diquís Hydropower Project, ICE, Pacuar River , 6.III.2006: 115 males, 116 females, 129 nymphs ( MZUCR). Uvita River , 24.II.2008, 3 males, 3 females ( MZUCR). Esquinas River , N 08° 44.534’, W -83° 10.644’ , 30.I.2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 male, 2 females (MZUCR). Uvita River , N 09° 10.620’, W -83° 43.285’, 29.I.2008, (B. Pacheco): 2 females ( MZUCR) . Uvita River, N 09° 10.620’, W -83° 43.285’, 2.II.2008, (B. Pacheco): 3 females ( MZUCR). Osa, Barrigones River , <50 m a.s.l. , IV.1996, (G. Umaña): 1 male, 1 female, 1 nymph, ( MZUCR). Bijagual, Pirrís River , N 09° 39.319’, W -84° 17.384’, 87 m a.s.l. , (B. Pacheco): 3 males, 3 females, 4 nymphs ( MZUCR). Punta Morales, Lagarto River , N 10° 0 6. 532’, W -84° 55.132’, 38 m a.s.l. , 2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 male, 1 female, 2 nymphs (MZUCR). Piedras Blancas River , N 8° 47.168’, W -83° 14.106’, 2.II.2008, (B. Pacheco): 3 females ( MZUCR). Boruca, Maíz , XI.2007: 1 female ( MZUCR). San José— Ciudad Colón, Universidad para la Paz Park Lagoon , 2.IX.2000, (M. Springer): 2 males, 2 females, 10 nymphs ( MZUCR). Pérez Zeledón , N 0 9.1766, W -83.4254333 , 9.III.2009, (J. Wright): 1 male, 1 female (MZUCR).

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FIGURE 14. Collecting records of Trepobatinae within the Costa Rican territory.