A synopsis of the species of Mesovelia (Insecta: Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae) occurring in the floodplain of the Amazon River, Brazil, with redescriptions of Mesovelia mulsanti White and M. zeteki Harris & Drake

Acta Amazonica

Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira²  José Ricardo Inacio Ribeiro¹  Jorge Luiz Nessimian¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Biologia Departamento de Zoologia

关键词: aquatic insects;    Gerromorpha;    Neotropics;    Amazonia;    Gerromorpha;    insetos aquáticos;    Região Neotropical;    Amazônia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0044-59672008000300020

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Mesovelia mulsanti White, 1879 and M. zeteki Harris & Drake, 1941 are newly recorded in the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil. A key to the three known species ocurring in this region is also provided. Mesovelia mulsanti can be distinguished from M. amoena and M. zeteki by the body length larger than 2.50 mm, the head without longitudinal brown stripes near midline, and the forefemur and midfemur of the male, which have ventral rows of spines. Mesovelia amoena differs from M. zeteki in aspects of body color and in number of spinules near posterior margin of abdominal sternite VI of male.

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