Hydrometra guianana Hungerford and Evans, 1934

Padilla-Gil, Dora N., 2013, A review of the species of Hydrometra Latreille occurring in Colombia, with a key to species and distribution map (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Hydrometridae), Zootaxa 3686 (5), pp. 534-542 : 538

Hydrometra guianana Hungerford and Evans, 1934

BL of male: 14.3–16.0, females 15.0–18.4; Ant, I–IV (intersegmental pieces not included): 0.54, 1.75, 6.08, 2.60; brac female: AO /PO 3.17; LA 5.85 ( Nieser 1970, Moreira et al. 2009).

Diagnosis. Clypeus with a small sharp projection ( Fig. 8 ); male abdominal sternite VI with a pair of U-shaped ridges bearing short setae on posterior half of the segment.

Distribution in Colombia ( Fig. 1 ): Meta: Puerto López, 365 m (ori).

Distribution in America: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Suriname; Brazil, and Peru.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution of Hydrometra species from Colombia. Black circle: H. caraiba; triangle: H. argentina; square: H. comata; white circle: H. guianana; pentagon: H. exalla. Departments of Colombia: 1 Atlántico, 2 Magdalena, 3 Cesar, 4 Antioquia, 5 Quindío, 6 Cundinamarca, 7 Meta, 8 Valle del Cauca, 9 Nariño.

FIGURE 8. Hydrometra guianana female, clypeus. Scale 0.05 mm (Based on Nieser & Alkins-Koo 1991).