Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha)
2010; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 44; Issue: 45-46 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00222933.2010.512423
ISSN1464-5262
AutoresFelipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira, Jorge Luiz Nessimian, Jéssika Ana Rúdio, Frederico Falcão Salles,
Tópico(s)Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
ResumoAbstract A review of the Veliidae occurring in Espírito Santo State, Brazil, is presented. The following new taxa are described: Oiovelia brasiliensis sp. nov., Paravelia capixaba sp. nov., Rhagovelia vaniniae sp. nov., R. mangle sp. nov., R. teresa sp. nov., R. denticulata sp. nov. and R. sooretama sp. nov. Husseyella halophila, Microvelia ayacuchana, and Stridulivelia quadrispinosa are recorded for the first time from southeastern Brazil. Microvelia longipes, M. mimula, M. venustatis, R. accedens, R. bocaina, R. elegans, R. hambletoni, R. itatiaiana, R. robusta, R. tenuipes, R. triangula, R. trianguloides, R. zela and S. tersa are recorded for the first time from Espírito Santo State. The occurrence of H. diffidens in Espírito Santo is confirmed. Additional records from the Caparaó mountain range are presented for M. mimula, R. accedens, R. aiuruoca and R. triangula. A necessary nomenclatural note concerning R. ochroischion, R. sbolos, R. trianguloides and R. turmalis is presented. Keywords: aquatic insectsHemipteraneotropicssoutheastern Braziltaxonomy Acknowledgements We would like to thank Angela Brunner da Rocha for logistic support and for allowing us to work on her property; the staff of Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Parque Nacional do Caparaó, Reserva Biológica do Córrego do Veado e Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi; ICMBio (Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade) and IBAMA (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis) for collection permissions (numbers 12777–1, 16719–1, and 11239–1); Fundação de Apoio a Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo (FAPES), for financial support (process number 36327263/2007); CNPq (Conselho Nacional para o Desenvolvimento de Pesquisa Científica e Tecnológica) and UFES (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), PIBIC/PIVIC Program 2008/2009, 2009/2010, for providing scholarship to Jéssika Ana Rúdio. We also thank Vanini Pereira Alecrim for drawing male parameres and proctigers; Drs Nico Nieser and Dan Polhemus for their opinions on the nomenclatural note presented; Dr Filippo Maria Buzzetti for reviewing the manuscript; Dr Elaine Della Giustina Soares, for support on field trips; the research fellows of the Diptera Laboratory, Museu Nacional, for lending imaging equipment; and Dr Nelson Ferreira Jr for his comments on the manuscript.
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