Hydrometra fruhstorferi Hungerford & Evans, 1934

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5393 (1), pp. 1-86 : 37-38

Hydrometra fruhstorferi Hungerford & Evans, 1934

Figs. 24C , 25

Diagnosis. Body length 12.6–13.5 mm; clypeus broad, anterior margin not excavated; pro- and mesoacetabula with circular punctations; male abdominal sternum VII with a pair of mammilose projections joined by a wide transverse ridge ( Moreira & Barbosa 2013).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • [ Unknown locality], HE-176; 2 males, UFVB .— Rio de Janeiro • Macaé, Sana, Sete Quedas Waterfall ; −22.3152, −42.1914; 26. III.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues , TS Martins leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 17505 • Santa Maria Madalena, Rifa, Rifa River , CEDAE water treatment station; −21.9863, −41.9521; 21.X.2016; JF Barbosa, LL Dumas, JL Nessimian leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 81572 • São Fidélis, Parque Estadual do Desengano, Itacolomi , stream tributary to Malhada Branca Stream , pool; −21.8330, −41.8298; 24.X.2016; JF Barbosa, LL Dumas, JL Nessimian leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81573 .

Distribution in Brazil. ES, MG, PR, RJ, SC.

Figures

FIGURE 24. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Hydrometridae. A. Hydrometra argentina, micropterous male from São Mateus, Espírito Santo (−18.7100, −39.7800). B. Hydrometra comata, micropterous male from Sooretama, Espírito Santo (−19.0269, −40.2276). C. Hydrometra fruhstorferi, apterous male from São Fidélis, Rio de Janeiro (−21.8330, −41.8298). D. Hydrometra sztolcmani, macropterous male from São José do Barreiro, São Paulo (−22.7263, −44.6276). Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 25. Distribution of Hydrometra argentina (yellow), H. comata (pink), H. fruhstorferi (red) and H. sztolcmani (blue) in southeastern Brazil. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records; question marks indicate unspecified localities.