Stridulivelia tersa (Drake & Harris, 1941)

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 : 77-78

Stridulivelia tersa (Drake & Harris, 1941)

Fig. 55C, F

Diagnosis. Body length 4.7–5.0 mm; pronotal humeral angles not spinose; middle tarsus with narrow, falcate claws and setae-like arolia; first four or five visible abdominal segments with transverse lateral sulci; male hind trochanter unarmed or armed with small spinules ( Floriano et al. 2017).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Pancas , sandy stream; alt. 153 m; −19.0989, −40.8129; 24. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82249 • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica do Córrego do Veado, Santo Antônio River , in front of the headquarter; alt. 55 m; –18.3713, –40.1417; 10. II.2009; FF Salles leg.; 1 female, UFVB • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica Córrego do Veado , stream with a small waterfall; alt. 82 m; -18.3678, -40.1398; 24. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 7 males, 15 females, CEIOC 82901 • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica Córrego do Veado , muddy stream; alt. 98 m; -18.3612, -40.1665; 24. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 10 male, 19 females, CEIOC 82902 • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Cupido Stream; [−19.07, −40.13]; 15.VII.2018; 1 female, UFVB • Same except Quirininho Stream ; alt. 62 m; –19.0453, –40.1779; 30. IV.2009; FFF Moreira leg.; 1 male, UFVB • Same except 14. VII.2008; 1 male, UFVB • Same except Paraisópolis Stream ; −18.9842, −40.2423; 15. VII.2008; 1 male, UFVB • Sooretama; 14–15.VII.2008; 1 male, UFVB • Same except Rodrigues Stream ; −19.0269, −40.2276; 23. IV.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 2 males, 2 females, CEIOC 21236 • Same except Cupido Stream ; −19.0722, −40.1301; 22. IV.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 3 males, 2 females, CEIOC 21237 • Same except alt. 61 m; −19.0259, −40.2354; 27. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82250 • Same except Córrego Cupido ; alt. 50 m; between −19.0712, −40.1236 and −19.0637, −40.1113; 26. VI.2022; 5 males, 4 females, CEIOC 82251 • Same except stream; alt. 88 m; −19.0452, −40.1779; 27. VI.2022; 19 males, 11 females, CEIOC 82252 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, AM, ES, MA, MG, MT, PA, SE.

Figures

FIGURE 55. Collected specimens (A−C), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (D−F). Gerromorpha, Veliidae. A. Stridulivelia astralis, micropterous male from Ecoporanga, Espírito Santo (–18.3444, –40.8792). B. Stridulivelia quadrispinosa, micropterous male from Ecoporanga, Espírito Santo (–18.3578, –40.8828). C. Stridulivelia tersa, micropterous male from Sooretama, Espírito Santo (−19.0269, −40.2276). Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 2 mm (C).