Hydrometra comata Torre-Bueno, 1926

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

Hydrometra comata Torre-Bueno, 1926

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Diagnosis. Body length approximately 11.3 mm; clypeus broad, anterior margin excavated ( Moreira & Barbosa 2013).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Pancas, Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas, Sítio Santa Maria, weir; alt. 225 m; −19.1765, −40.7844; 24. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 3 males, 3 females, CEIOC 82207 • Pedro Canário , rio; alt. 28 m; −18.2239, −39.9447; 22. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82936 • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Rodrigues Stream; −19.0269, −40.2276; 23.IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 2 males, 2 females, CEIOC 17506 • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Quirininho Stream; −19.0453, −40.1780; 09.II.2011; 1 female, UFVB • Same except 30. IV.2009; FFF Moreira leg.; 1 female, UFVB • Same except Rodrigues Stream ; −19.0265, −40.2276; 23. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, AG da Silva, S Viala, A Khila leg.; 1 female, UFVB .

Distribution in Brazil. ES, GO, MT, PA.

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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.