Limnogonus ignotus Drake & Harris, 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 : 14

Limnogonus ignotus Drake & Harris, 1934

Figs. 8A , 9A

Diagnosis. Body length approximately 6.0 mm (apterous) or 7.0 mm (macropterous); antennomere I at most as long as head width across eyes; dorsal portion of mesopleuron usually reddish-brown, rarely light-brown to brown; male abdominal segment VIII without curved spine-like protuberance ventrally ( Canejo et al. 2023).

New records. BRAZIL — Minas Gerais • São Roque de Minas, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Peixe River near visitor center; −20.2581, −46.4098; 29. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 21228 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, DF, MG, MS, MT, PA, PE, RJ, RS, SC, SE.

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FIGURE 8. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Gerridae. A. Limnogonus ignotus, macropterous male from São Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais (−20.2581, −46.4098). B. Limnogonus profugus, macropterous male from Pimenta, Minas Gerais (−20.6003, −45.8150). C. Neogerris lubricus, macropterous male from Presidente Kennedy, Espírito Santo (−21.1315, −41.0247). D. Tachygerris adamsoni, macropterous male from Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro (−21.8139, −41.7554). Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 9. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Limnogonus ignotus. B. Limnogonus profugus. C. Neogerris lubricus. D. Tachygerris adamsoni. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.