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New distributional data on aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from South America

Dataset homepage

Citation

Moreira F (2021). New distributional data on aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from South America. Version 1.3. Biodiversity Data Journal. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yr8smr accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-18.

Description

Distributional information is presented for thirty-eight species of Gerromorpha and five Nepomorpha, including first records from the Brazilian states of Bahia (Mesovelia amoena), Ceará (Limnogonus profugus and Rhagovelia whitei), Espírito Santo (R. lucida), Goiás (Halobatopsis platensis and R. zela), Mato Grosso (Rheumatobates bonariensis), Pará (Nerthra terrestris), Paraná (H. spiniventris, Hydrometra fruhstorferi and R. janeira), Piauí (Microvelia ayacuchana, M. pulchella, Neogerris lubricus and Platyvelia brachialis), Rio de Janeiro (Martarega bentoi) and São Paulo (Rheumatobates minutus flavidus); and the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios (Rhagovelia fontanalis).

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Episodical sampling in Brazil and Peru.

Sampling

Episodical sampling using hand nets.

Method steps

  1. Episodical sampling in Brazil and Peru; identification using original descriptions, redescriptions, identification keys, revisions, comparison with types and reference material.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Gerromorpha
    rank: infraorder
  2. Nepomorpha
    rank: infraorder

Geographic Coverages

Records of aquatic and semiaquatic bugs from Brazil and Peru.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Felipe Moreira
originator
position: Dr
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica
Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Mourisco, segundo andar
Rio de Janeiro
21040-900
Rio de Janeiro
BR
email: ppmeiameiameia@gmail.com
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-5768-2011
Felipe Moreira
metadata author
position: Dr
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica
Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Mourisco, segundo andar
Rio de Janeiro
21040-900
Rio de Janeiro
BR
email: ppmeiameiameia@gmail.com
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-5768-2011
Felipe Moreira
administrative point of contact
position: Dr
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica
Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Mourisco, segundo andar
Rio de Janeiro
21040-900
Rio de Janeiro
BR
email: ppmeiameiameia@gmail.com
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-5768-2011
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