Two new species of Paravelia Breddin, 1898 and distributional notes concerning the Veliidae from Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) Author Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo felipento@hotmail.com Author Barbosa, Julianna Freires text Zootaxa 2012 2012-06-21 3354 1 58 68 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3354.1.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3354.1.2 1175-5326 5251748 Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834 This is one of the most common species of Microvelia in stagnant waters, found from Canada to Argentina . There are previous records from Minas Gerais State ( Nieser & Melo 1997 ; Melo & Nieser 2004 ), to which we add the following material from Viçosa and Carmo do Rio Claro municipalities. Examined material. BRAZIL : Minas Gerais – Viçosa , Reserva de Sedimentação Agronomia UFV, 24. V .1993: 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female ( DZRJ ). Viçosa, IV.1945 , ( J. C. M. Carvalho ): 1 macropterous male ( MNRJ ). Carmo do Rio Claro , 1948, ( J. C. M. Carvalho ): 1 macropterous male, 2 apterous females, 1 macropterous female ( MNRJ ) .