Metrobates laudatus Drake & Harris, 1937

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Crumière, Antonin Jean Johan, Mondragón-F, Silvia Patricia, Morales, Irina, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Description of a new species and new records of Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera Heteroptera) from Panama and Colombia, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 226-251 : 244

Metrobates laudatus Drake & Harris, 1937

( Figs 54 , 61 )

New records. PANAMA • 1 apterous male, 2 apterous females; Colón, PR, Folijes River ; 9.15244° N, - 79.73739° W / 9.15282° N, -79.73351° W; 7 May 2015; A.J.J. Crumière leg.; CEIOC 79957 .

Remarks. Metrobates laudatus has been recorded from Puerto Rico ( Drake & Harris 1937), Costa Rica ( Polhemus & Polhemus 2002, Pacheco-Chaves et al. 2018) and Panama ( Polhemus & Polhemus 2002). The previous report from Panama was provided without further details, and the occurrence of this species in the country is herein confirmed.

Figures

FIGURES 54–60. Habitus, dorsal view. 54, Metrobates laudatus Drake & Harris, 1937. 55–56, Telmatometra ujhelyii Esaki, 1926. 55, Apterous. 56, Macropterous. 57, Potamobates anchicaya Polhemus & Polhemus, 1995. 58, Brachymetra albinervus (Amyot & Serville, 1843). 59, Limnogonus hyalinus (Fabricius, 1803). 60, Tachygerris opacus (Champion, 1898). Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

FIGURES 61–62. Distribution of new records from Panamá. 61, Metrobates laudatus Drake & Harris, 1937 in yellow circle; Telmatometra ujhelyii Esaki, 1926 in blue triangle. 62, Potamobates anchicaya Polhemus & Polhemus, 1995 in red circle; Brachymetra albinervus (Amyot & Serville, 1843) in yellow triangle; Limnogonus hyalinus (Fabricius, 1803) in blue circle; Tachygerris opacus (Champion, 1898) in green asterisk.