Hydrometra comata Torre-Bueno, 1926

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 : 536-537

Hydrometra comata Torre-Bueno, 1926

BL 11.0–13.0 ( Nieser & Alkins-Koo 1991)

Diagnosis. Clypeus with V- shaped incision ( Fig. 5 ); thorax lacking pits; male abdominal sternite VI with a pair of small elevations covered with short setae near anterior margin of the segment.

Distribution in Colombia ( Fig. 1 ): Quindío: Montenegro, 1294 m (and); La tebaida, 1190 m (and); Armenia, 1551 m (and). Valle del Cauca: Sevilla, 1612 m (and).

Distribution in America: Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Surinam and Brazil.

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 5. Hydrometra comata male, clypeus. Scale 0.05 mm (Based on Nieser & Alkins-Koo 1991).