New distributional data on aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from South America

Felipe Moreira1

1 Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Mourisco, segundo andar, 21040-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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

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Resource Citation

Cordeiro I, Moreira F (2015) New distributional data on aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from South America. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4913. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4913 doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4913

Abstract

Distributional information is presented for thirty-eight species of Gerromorpha and five
Nepomorpha, including first records from the Brazilian states of Bahia (Mesovelia
amoena), Ceará (Limnogonus profugus and Rhagovelia whitei), Espírito Santo (R. lucida),
Goiás (Halobatopsis platensis and R. zela), Mato Grosso (Rheumatobates bonariensis),
Pará (Nerthra terrestris), Paraná (H. spiniventris, Hydrometra fruhstorferi and R. janeira), Piauí (Microvelia ayacuchana, M. pulchella, Neogerris lubricus and Platyvelia brachialis), Rio de Janeiro (Martarega bentoi) and São Paulo (Rheumatobates minutus flavidus); and the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios (Rhagovelia fontanalis).

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=cordeiromoreira2015

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Infraorder: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Records of aquatic and semiaquatic bugs from Brazil and Peru.
Coordinates: 34°28'48''S and 7°13'12''N Latitude; 83°28'48''W and 33°14'24''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 2004 - 2014

Natural collections description

Collection name: Coleção Entomológica Professor José Alfredo Pinheiro Dutra, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Natural collections description

Collection name: Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol

Methods

Method step description: Episodical sampling in Brazil and Peru; identification using original descriptions, redescriptions, identification keys, revisions, comparison with types and reference material.
Study extent description: Episodical sampling in Brazil and Peru.
Sampling description: Episodical sampling using hand nets.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive New distributional data on aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from South America
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.pensoft.net/archive.do?r=cordeiromoreira2015
Publication date of data: 2021-01-13
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2015-04-14
Hierarchy level: Dataset