Rheumatobates probolicornis Polhemus & Manzano

Padilla-Gil, Dora N. & Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, 2012, New records of Rheumatobates Bergroth (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from the Pacific coast of Colombia and Costa Rica, with a key to males of Rheumatobates in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, Zootaxa 3427, pp. 33-46 : 36

Rheumatobates probolicornis Polhemus & Manzano

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Material examined. COLOMBIA. Nariño, Tumaco. El Bajito, 0 m, 24 VI 2010, leg. D. N. Padilla, 17 M apt, 28 Fapt (PSO-CZ).

Ecological notes. This species was collected from mangrove lagoons in the Bajito ( Fig. 1 ). The habitat is characterized by air temperature 25.2 ºC, water temperature 30.5 ºC, pH 7.5, conductivity 1 S/m and dissolved oxygen 110%. This species was found in combination with Telmatometroides rozeboomi (Drake & Harris, 1937) and Rhagovelia arcuata ( Polhemus & Manzano, 1992) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution of Rheumtobates; circle, R. peculiaris; square, R. probolicornis; triangle, R. longisetosus.

FIGURE 6. Rheumtobates probolicornis, male, habitus (Scale 0.5 mm).

FIGURE 7. Rheumtobates probolicornis, male, articulation between hind trochanter and femur. Scale 0.25 mm.