Stridulivelia tersa ( Drake & Harris, 1941 )

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

Stridulivelia tersa ( Drake & Harris, 1941)

( Figs. 17C–E , 18B )

Velia tersa Drake & Harris, 1941: 338 (original description).

Stridulivelia tersa: Polhemus 1976: 509 (changed combination).

Identification. Our specimens were identified based on the presence of stridulatory structures on the dorsum of the hind femur and on the lateral margins of abdominal laterotergites; the male hind trochanter unarmed; the pronotal humeral angles not spinose ( Fig. 17C ); and the first four or five visible abdominal segments with transverse lateral sulci ( Fig. 17E ) ( Floriano et al. 2017).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Norte: Natal,ponte no Rio Pitimbu , 5°55’00.7”S, 35°11’54.0”W, 03-XI-2019, R . P. R. Canejo leg. (5♂, 3♀ micropterous CEAAVF) ; Natal, Rio Pitimbu - BR101 , 5°52’48.1”S, 35°13’32.6”W, 24-V-2018, R . P. R. Canejo leg. (1♀ apterous 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.