Mesoveliidae

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 : 351

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4175.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:28F67AA1-CA4F-4D13-A24D-50F6107A60EB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6077971
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scientific name	Mesoveliidae
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Key to males of Mesoveliidae View in CoL from Colombia

[modified from Spangler (1990) and Moreira (2015)]

1. Monomorphic macropterous; pretarsal claws preapical.............. Mesoveloidea Hungerford View in CoL [ M. williamsi Hungerford View in CoL ]

- Wing dimorphic (macropterous or apterous); pretarsal claws apical........................ Mesovelia Mulsant & Rey View in CoL 2

2. Mesofemur with a ventral row of black spinules............................................................ 3

- Mesofemur without row of black spinules.................................................................. 4

3. Body length 2.50–2.75 mm; mesofemur with 25 black spinules ventrally; sternum VIII with two widely separated rows of thin spinules, each row with three to five spinules.............................................. M. halirrhyta Polhemus View in CoL

- Body length 2.80–3.70 mm; mesofemur with fewer than 15 black spinules; sternum VIII with two tightly packed clusters of stout black spinules .............................. ……………………………………………………………………… M. mulsanti White View in CoL

4. Sixth abdominal sternum with posteromedial fringe of black spinules ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 B, 2B), parameres shaped as in Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 B, D.. 5

- Sixth abdominal sternum without posteromedial fringe of black spinules, parameres shaped as in Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A. M. amoena Uhler View in CoL

5. Body length 1.5–1.8 mm; posterior margin of abdominal tergum VIII with a weak notch ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A); abdominal pleuron VIII with anterodorsal tubercle ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 C); abdominal sternum VI with posteromedian projection rounded ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 B); paramere with margins converging and apex single ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 D)............................................. M. tuberculata View in CoL sp. nov

- Body length about 2.4 mm; abdominal tergum VIII with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A); abdominal pleuron VIII without tubercle ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C); abdominal sternum VI with posteromedian projection acute ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B); paramere with margins diverging and apex bifid ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C)................................................................ M. zeteki Harris & Drake View in CoL

References

Moreira, F. F. F. (2015) The Semiaquatic Gerromorphans. In: Panizzi, A. R. & Grazia, J. (Eds.), True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Springer Science + Business Media, Dordrecht, pp. 113 - 156. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 017 - 9861 - 7 _ 6

Spangler, P. J. (1990) A new species of halophilous water-strider, Mesovelia polhemusi, from Belize and a key and checklist of New World species of the genus (Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 103 (1), 86 - 94.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Mesovelia tuberculata sp. nov. (A) male, holotype, dorsal view; (B) male, holotype, ventral view; (C) male, holotype, lateral view; (D) female, paratype, dorsal view; (E) female, paratype, ventral view.

FIGURE 2. Mesovelia zeteki Harris & Drake, holotype, male. (A) dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) lateral view.

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..