Merragata hebroides White, 1877

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Nery, Leticia, Rodrigues, Higor D. D. & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Survey of the semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 103-159 : 127

Merragata hebroides White, 1877

( Figs 75–76 )

Geographical distribution: Argentina ( Drake & Harris 1943), Aruba ( Drake & Cobben 1960), Bolivia ( Drake & Cobben 1960), Bonaire ( Drake & Cobben 1960), Brazil ( Drake & Cobben 1960), Canada ( Chagnon & Fournier 1948), Canary Islands ( Lindberg 1953), Colombia ( Drake & Harris 1943), Costa Rica ( Drake & Harris 1943), Cuba ( Drake & Harris 1943), Curaçao ( Drake & Cobben 1960), Ecuador ( Drake & Harris 1943), Hawaiian Islands ( White 1877), Jamaica ( Lanigan & Hyslop 2011), Mexico ( Champion 1898), Panama ( Drake & Harris 1943), Paraguay ( Drake & Harris 1943), Peru ( Drake & Cobben 1960), Puerto Rico ( Drake & Maldonado-Capriles 1956), United States of America ( Torre-Bueno 1913), Uruguay ( Drake & Cobben 1960), Venezuela ( Drake & Cobben 1960).

Distribution in Brazil: AL*, AM ( Pereira & Melo 2007), MS ( Floriano et al. 2013), MT ( Fernandes & Wanzeler 2010), SE*.

Material examined: BRAZIL • Alagoas and Sergipe • 51 males, 23 females; entre Piranhas (Centro Histórico– Entremontes) e Canindé de São Francisco–Poço Redondo ; entre -9.627278, -37.750528 e -9.673083, -37.661083; 23 May 2019; J.M.S. Rodrigues, W. Sousa & F.F.F. Moreira col.; CEIOC . • Sergipe • 4 males, 1 female; Estância, Rio Jacaré ; -11.195790, -37.532480; 04 May 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC .

Figures

FIGURES 74–75. Collected specimens, dorsal view. 74. Lipogomphus lacuniferus. 75. Merragata hebroides. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 76.Geographical distribution of Rheumatobates crassifemurschroederi, R.minutus flavidus, R.trinitatis, Halobatopsis platensis, Ovatametra obesa, Lipogomphus lacuniferus and Merragata hebroides in Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil.