Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860)

Canejo, Rafael P. R., Melo, Alan Lane De & Rodrigues, Higor D. D., 2023, Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, including a new synonymy, Zootaxa 5357 (2), pp. 151-185 : 179

Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860)

( Figs. 17A–B , 18A )

Velia brachialis Stål, 1860: 82 (original description).

Paravelia brachialis: Polhemus 1976: 512 (changed combination).

Platyvelia brachialis: Polhemus & Polhemus 1993: 394 (changed combination).

Identification. Our specimens were identified based on male abdominal sternum VI without a median projection; male abdominal sternum VII with the posterior margin concave ( Fig. 17B ); the anterior margin of the pronotum subequal to head width; and the angulate metanotal projections in apterous specimens not exposed ( Fig. 17A ) ( Rodrigues et al. 2021a).

Materialexamined. BRAZIL, RioGrandedoNorte: Canguaretama , RioCurimata, 6°24’13.7”S, 35°08’03.8”W, 31-X-2020, R .P.R. Canejo leg.(1♂ apterous CEAAVF); Ceará-Mirim , Rio Ceará-Mirim, 5°37’50.4”S, 35°25’16.9”W, 03-XI-2018, R . P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (1♂, 3♀ micropterous CEAAVF) ; same data, except 21-IX-2019 (1♂ apterous, 3♀ micropterous); Natal , ponte no Rio Pitimbu, 5°55’00.7”S, 35°11’54.0”W, 22-X-2016, R . P. R. Canejo leg. (1♂ apterous, 1♀ micropterous CEAAVF) ; same data, except, 04-III-2018 (1♂, 1♀ micropterous); same data, except 21-IV-2022 (4♀ micropterous CEAAVF); Natal , Rio Pitimbu - BR101 , 5°52’48.1”S, 35°13’32.6”W, 22-XII-2019, R .P R. Canejo leg. (1♂ micropterous CEAAVF); Parnamirim , Rio Pitimbu, Vale Encantado, 5°55’41.1”S, 35°10’46.5”W, 17-VII-2022, R .P.R. Canejo leg. (1♂ micropterous CEAAVF).

Figures

FIGURE 17. Species of Veliidae from state of Rio Grande do Norte. (A–B) Platyvelia brachialis, (A) dorsal and (B) ventral views of apterous male. (C–E) Stridulivelia tersa, (C) dorsal and (D) ventral views of micropterous male, (E) lateral view of part of abdomen, white arrows indicate transverse lateral sulci. Scale bars = 1.00 mm.

FIGURE 18. (A–B) Distribution records for species of Gerromorpha in state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil.