Microvelia mimula White, 1879

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Crumière, Antonin Jean Johan, Mondragón-F, Silvia Patricia, Morales, Irina, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Description of a new species and new records of Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera Heteroptera) from Panama and Colombia, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 226-251 : 244

Microvelia mimula White, 1879

( Figs 50 , 53 )

New records. PANAMA • 1 macropterous male; Colón, Gamboa, artificial pool ; 9.12086° N, - 79.70374° W; 9 May 2015; A.J.J. Crumière leg.; CEIOC 79924 .

Remarks. This species ranges from Cuba to Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean Sea, and from Costa Rica to Uruguay ( Pérez-Gelabert & Floriano 2016). Drake & Hussey (1955) listed Mi. mimula from Panama, without any details, and we confirm here the occurrence of the species in the country.

Figures

FIGURES 48–51. Habitus, dorsal view. 48–49, Microvelia albonotata Champion, 1898. 48, Apterous male from Colombia. 49, Macropterous male from Panama. 50, Mi. mimula White, 1879. 51, Euvelia advena Drake, 1957. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 52–53. Distribution of new records. 52, Colombia; Euvelia advena Drake, 1957 in yellow circle; Microvelia albonotata Champion, 1898 in blue circle. 53, Panama; Mi. albonotata in blue circle; Mi. mimula White, 1879 in orange circle.