New records of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from South America

• Published in: Biodiversity Data Journal
• Main Authors: Moreira, Felipe, Rodrigues, Higor, Barbosa, Julianna, Reduciendo Klementová, Barbora, Svitok, Marek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2016
• Subjects: Cephalornis; Coelenterata; Bilateria; Nephrozoa; Protostomia; Ecdysozoa; Circumscriptional names of the taxon under; Notchia; Carbotriplurida; Boltonocostidae; Circumscriptional names; Pterygota; Circumscriptional name; Basal; Eumetabola; Paraneoptera; Condylognatha; Epipygidae; Lentireduvius; Gerromorpha; Nepomorpha; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hemiptera; Heteroptera; Aquatic insects; geographic distribution; Neotropical Region; Venezuela; Brazil; Peru; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7975

Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera occur on all continents except Antarctica and occupy a wide variety of habitats, including lentic and lotic water bodies, perennial or temporary. In the Neotropical Region, there is a lack of knowledge concerning the geographical distribution of most represented species, which can only be solved by the collection of specimens in under-studied areas and publication of new records and lists of species. New records are presented for eleven species of Gerromorpha and ten Nepomorpha, including first records from Venezuela ( Brachymetra lata , Limnogonus hyalinus , Rhagovelia evidis , Tenagobia peruana , Limnocoris burmeisteri , L. fittkaui fittkaui , Placomerus micans , and Martarega gonostyla ), the Venezuelan State of Bolívar ( Cylindrostethus palmaris , R. elegans , R. tenuipes , and Ambrysus stali ), the Brazilian State of Bahia ( Martarega bentoi ), Peru ( Euvelia lata ), and the Peruvian Region of Arequipa ( Microvelia pulchella ).