Description of a new species and new records of Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera Heteroptera) from Panama and Colombia Author Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Avenida Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Author Crumière, Antonin Jean Johan 0000-0003-2214-2993 Current address: Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. antonin. crumiere @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2214 - 2993 & Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5242, 46 allée d’Italie, F- 69364, Lyon, France. antonin.crumiere@gmail.com Author Mondragón-F, Silvia Patricia 0000-0001-6730-1535 Grupo de Investigación Sistemática Biológica, Laboratorio de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural “ Luis Gonzalo Andrade ”, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. & patriciamondragon 18 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6730 - 1535 patriciamondragon18@gmail.com Author Morales, Irina 0000-0003-2456-5674 Grupo de Investigación Sistemática Biológica, Laboratorio de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural “ Luis Gonzalo Andrade ”, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. & irina. morales @ uptc. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2456 - 5674 irina.morales@uptc.edu.co Author Khila, Abderrahman Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5242, 46 allée d’Italie, F- 69364, Lyon, France. Author Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo 0000-0002-6692-0323 Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Avenida Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. & ppmeiameiameia @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6692 - 0323 ppmeiameiameia@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-04-14 4958 1 226 251 journal article 7253 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.12 4913307f-1e58-4664-8422-3c3a2acc837d 1175-5326 4691626 42388795-6C1D-47EF-8D7B-6F6D5A3CDAE5 Rhagovelia elegans Uhler, 1894 ( Figs 28–29 , 35 ) New records. PANAMA • 3 apterous males, 8 macropterous males, 8 macropterous females; Colón , Gamboa ; 9.12117° N , - 79.70480° W ; 8 May 2015 ; A.J.J. Crumière leg.; CEIOC 79929 2 macropterous males; Colón , puddle on Pipeline Road ; 9.11917° N , - 79.70609° W ; 10 May 2015 ; A.J.J. Crumière leg.; CEIOC 79934 2 apterous males, 2 macropterous females; Colón , Pipeline Road , Seda River ; 9.15329° N , - 79.73663° W ; 6 May 2015 ; A.J.J. Crumière leg.; CEIOC 79932 1 macropterous male, 1 macropterous female; Panama , Plantation Road , dry creek, puddle; 9.08556° N , - 79.65841° W ; 17 May 2015 ; A.J.J. Crumière leg.; CEIOC 79931 . Remarks. This species occurs from Hispaniola Island to Trinidad & Tobago in the Antilles, and from Costa Rica to southeastern Brazil ( Moreira et al. 2016 ). There are several previous records from Panama ( Champion 1898 ; Allee & Trovik 1927; Gould 1931 ; Drake 1948 ; Bacon 1956 ; Polhemus 1997 ), including the provinces of Bocas del Toro , Panama , and Coclé . The records from Colón above are the first from this province. The puddle on the muddy Pipeline Road is quite unstable and the specimens likely moved to this habitat from the surrounding creeks. The specimens from Gamboa were collected in small water pools remaining from a dry creek located under canopy. The water level was very low and it was the only species of Gerromorpha present.