Mesovelia mulsanti White

Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Bispo, Pitágoras Da Conceição, Morales, Irina & Molano-Rendón, Fredy, 2016, A new species of Mesovelia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae) from South America, with identification key and notes on Colombian species, Zootaxa 4175 (4), pp. 345-352 : 350

Mesovelia mulsanti White

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Mesovelia mulsanti White, 1879: 268 –268 (description); Hungerford (1917): 73 –83 (biology, morphology); Hungerford (1924): 456 (illustration, key); Jaczewski (1930): 5 –9 (key, redescription); Hoffman (1932): 91 –95 (biology, key); Usinger (1942): 177 –178 (morphology); Herring (1950): 148 –149 (biology, distribution); Neering (1954): 125 –159 (morphology); Wilson (1958): 123 (biology, key); Cobben (1960): 26, 27, 29 (illustration, note); Bobb (1974): 45 –46 (redescription, key); Gagné & Howarth (1975): 400, 411–412 (illustration, key); Bennett & Cook (1981): 17 –19 (description, key); Epler (2006): 8.2–8.3 (key, notes, illustration); Moreira et al. (2008): 542 –544, 546, 547 (redescription, illustration, key).

Mesovelia bisignata Uhler, 1884: 274 . Synonym by Champion (1898).

Material examined. (1♂ USNM): ‘ Colombia:\ Dep . Magdalena.\ Isla Salsmanca Nat.\ Pk. 80 km. W. santa\ Marta , Mar. 16. 1968 ’ ‘ Mesovelia \ mulsanti \ White \ det. J. T. Polhemus 1968’. (2♂, 1♀ UPTC) : Colombia \ Valle del Cauca \ Corozal \ El Alambrado \ 1156 m.\ 14/1/05 \ Pozo \ Col: F. Molano. (2♂, 3♀ UPTC) : Colombia \ Valle del Cauca \ Caicedonia \ Lago \ 1150 msnm\ 14/Julio/2005 \ Col: Proy. 249. (3♂ UPTC) : Colombia \ Valle del Cauca \ Ulloa – Higeron \ 9-07-05 \ Lago \ Col: García L. (2♂, 1♀ UPTC) : Colombia \ Valle del Cauca \ Corozal \ 1176 m.\ 14/ 1/05 \ Quebrada \ Col: I. Morales. (2♂ UPTC) : Colombia \ Quindío \ Quimbaya vereda el Laurel Reserva la Montaña del Ocaso \ Quebrada Los Monos \ 20-IV-2007 \ Col: F. Alvarado. (6♂, 3♀ UPTC) : Colombia \ Valle del Cauca \ Caicedonia \ Zona Rural \ Lago \ 14-jul-05 \ Col: proy. 249. (4♂, 1♀ UPTC) : Colombia \ Quindío \ Montenegro \ lago\ 9-04-05 \ Col: F. Molano. (1♀ UPTC) : Colombia \ Quindío \ LaTebaida \ Lago \ Est.11\ 9-04-05 \ Col: F. Molano. (6♂, 5♀ UPTC) : Colombia \ Quindío \ La Tebaida \ Lago 6\ 19-04-05 \ Col: F. Molano. (1♂, 4♀ UPTC) : Colombia \ Cesar \ La Loma \ C. La Pachita \ 25-oct-06 \ Col: Jimenez L. (1♂ UPTC) : Colombia \ Valle del Cauca \ Cartago – Alcala \ Lago \ 12-II-05 \ 1000 msnm\ Col: Morales I.

Diagnosis. Male. Mesofemur ventrally with a row of spinules; abdominal tergum VIII with posterior margin rounded; abdominal pleuron VIII without tubercle; abdominal sternum VI with posterior margin rounded, without fringe of black spinules; abdominal sternum VIII with two lateroposterior patches formed by black spinules; paramere with margins converging ( Fig. 3 B).

Measurements (mm). Male Dep. Magdalena / Valle del Cauca / Quindío / Cesar. body length 3.05 / 3.07 / 3.05 / 3.05; head length 0.50 / 0.55 / 0.52 / 0.50; head width through eyes 0.30 / 0.34 / 0.30 / 0.31; head width through antenniferous tubercles 0.45 / 0.48 / 0.45 / 0.45; antennomere I 0.62 / 0.66 / 0.64 / 0.62; antennomere II 0.62 / 0.66 / 0.62 / 0.63; antennomere III 0.79 / 0.80 / 0.79 / 0.80; antennomere IV 0.82 / 0.84 / 0.82 / 0.84; FORE LEG, femoral length 0.92 / 0.94 / 0.93 / 0.93; tibial length 0.78 / 0.80 / 0.80 / 0.78; MID LEG, femoral length 1.18 / 1.20 / 1.20 / 1.18; tibial length 1.25 / 1.27 / 1.25 / 1.27; HIND LEG, femoral length 1.51 / 1.50 / 1.52 / 1.50; tibial length 2.07 / 2.08 / 2.10 / 2.08. Female Dep. Valle del Cauca / Quindío / Cesar. body length 3.60 / 3.60 / 3.63 / 3.66; head length 0.70 / 0.75 / 0.72 / 0.70; head width through eyes 0.59 / 0.54 / 0.59 / 0.58; head width through antenniferous tubercles 0.65 / 0.68 / 0.65 / 0.65; antennomere I 0.52 / 0.56 / 0.54 / 0.52; antennomere II 0.52 / 0.56 / 0.52 / 0.53; antennomere III 0.89 / 0.85 / 0.89 / 0.85; antennomere IV 0.85 / 0.84 / 0.85 / 0.84; FORE LEG, femoral length 0.92 / 0.95 / 0.92 / 0.93; tibial length 0.85 / 0.83 / 0.80 / 0.85; MID LEG, femoral length 1.18 / 1.20 / 1.22 / 1.18; tibial length 1.25 / 1.27 / 1.25 / 1.27; HIND LEG, femoral length 1.53 / 1.53 / 1.52 / 1.50; tibial length 2.07 / 2.08 / 2.10 / 2.08.

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FIGURE 3. Parameres. (A) M. amoena Uhler [modified from Spangler (1990)]; (B) M. mulsanti White [modified from Moreira et al. (2008)]; (C) M. zeteki Harris & Drake; (D) M. tuberculata sp. nov..