Telmatometra whitei Bergroth, 1908

Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Springer, Monika, 2018, The water striders (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Costa Rica: new species, checklist, and new records, Zootaxa 4471 (3), pp. 493-522 : 512

Telmatometra whitei Bergroth, 1908

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Telmatometra whitei has a distribution similar to that of T. ujhelyii , from Mexico and Puerto Rico to Ecuador ( Torre-Bueno 1908; Hungerford 1936; Drake & Harris 1937, 1941; Kenaga 1941; Drake & Hottes 1951a; Drake & Maldonado-Capriles 1954; Nieser & Alkins-Koo 1991; Padilla-Gil & Nieser 2003; Molano et al. 2005; Posso & González 2008; Buzzetti & Cianferoni 2011; Padilla-Gil & Pacheco-Chaves 2012; Padilla-Gil 2012, 2013a; Padilla-Gil & García-López 2013; Rueda & Mesquita-Joanes 2016; Molano et al. 2017a), and co-occurs with it in some localities. It was previously recorded from Costa Rica without a specified locality, and its presence in the country is herein confirmed based on specimens from Alajuela, Guanacaste, Limón, and Puntarenas provinces. In Costa Rica, the species is found in backwater areas of rivers, puddles close to rivers, and lagoons up to 800 m a.s.l.

Material examined. Alajuela— San Carlos, Crucitas, Lagoon, 50 m a.s.l., 25. IV.2008, (B. Pacheco): 2 males, 1 nymph ( MZUCR) . Grecia, Cuarto River , N 10° 31’ 24.6’’, W -84° 10’ 17.3’’, 83 m a.s.l., 13.VI.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 female ( MZUCR) . San Carlos, Crucitas, 0 500769, 0 316615, 98 m a.s.l., 2.XI.2008, (B. Pacheco): 2 females, 2 nymphs (MZUCR). Cote Hydropower Plant, Rugama Stream, 600 m a.s. l., 19.V.2008, (B. Pacheco): 2 males (MZUCR). Guanacaste— Santa Rosa National Park, Naranjo Beach, X 309,300, Y 353,300, I.1991, (E. Alcazar): 3 males, 11 females (InBio) . Santa Rosa National Park, Naranjo Beach, X 309,300, Y 353,300, II.1991, (E. Alcazar): 1 male, 13 females ( InBio ). Palo Verde National Park, Barbudal Stream, 16.I.2008, (B. Pacheco): 9 males, 23 females, 8 nymphs ( MZUCR) . Limón — Tortuguero National Park, Frío River , puddle, VIII.2010, (R. Sánchez): 1 female, 1 nymph ( MZUCR) . Puntarenas— Punta Morales, Lagarto River , N 10° 06.532’, W -84° 55.132’, 38 m a.s.l., 7.VI.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 male, 2 females ( MZUCR) . Golfito, Avellanas, Gamba way down, fish pond, El Roble Restaurant , 13.I.2010, (M. Springer): 6 males, 2 females ( MZUCR) . Esquinas River , drain oil factory, N 0 8.75185, W -83.31059, 44 m a.s.l., (B. Pacheco): 1 male, 3 females, 2 nymphs ( MZUCR) . Osa, Azul Estuary, Sierpe River , 80–100 m a.s.l., 28.IX.2008, (D. Solano): 1 female ( MZUCR) . River Sierpe tributary, 1. III.2008: 1 female ( MZUCR) . Coto 54, Caracol River , drainage downstream an oil factory, N 0 8 .61 392, W - 83.00139, 30 m a.s.l., 15. VII.2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 female ( MZUCR) . Osa, Piro River , N 08° 24.117’, W -83° 20.353’, 32 m a.s.l., V.2009, (B. Pacheco): 2 males, 7 females, 4 nymphs ( MZUCR) . Upstream water treatment plant drainage, CIPA, VII.2008, N 08.75185° y W -83.31059°, (B. Pacheco): 2 males, 2 females, 1 nymph ( MZUCR) .

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FIGURE 14. Collecting records of Trepobatinae within the Costa Rican territory.