Check List 17(4): 1137-1146, doi: 10.15560/17.4.1137

New records of cave-inhabiting Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from Brazil

Oséias Martins Magalhães^‡, Isabelle da Rocha Silva Cordeiro^‡, Maria Elina Bichuette^§, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira^‡

‡ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil§ Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil

Corresponding author: Oséias Martins Magalhães ( biooseiasmartins@gmail.com )

Corresponding author: Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira ( ppmeiameiameia@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Julianna Freires Barbosa

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Citation: Magalhães OM, Cordeiro IRS, Bichuette ME, Moreira FFF (2021) New records of cave-inhabiting Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from Brazil. Check List 17(4): 1137-1146. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1137

Abstract

Based on material collected in Brazilian caves, new records are presented for seven species of Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) belonging to the families Gerridae [Brachymetra albinervus (Amyot & Serville, 1843); Cylindrostethus palmaris Drake & Harris, 1934], and Veliidae [Microvelia ioana Drake & Hottes, 1952; Paravelia digitata Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016; Rhagovellia henryi Polhemus, 1997; R. robusta Gould, 1931; R. whitei (Breddin, 1898)]. Illustrations and notes on identification and habitat are presented for all species above.

Keywords

Cave insects, geographical distribution, Neotropical Region, semiaquatic bugs, South America, subterranean fauna