New records of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from South America

Felipe Moreira1

1 Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Mourisco, segundo andar, 21931210, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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

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Resource Citation

Moreira F, Rodrigues H, Barbosa J, Reduciendo Klementová B, Svitok M (2016) New records of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from South America. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7975. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7975 doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7975

Abstract

New records are presented for eleven species of Gerromorpha and ten Nepomorpha, including first records from Venezuela (Brachymetra lata, Limnogonus hyalinus, Rhagovelia evidis, Tenagobia peruana, Limnocoris burmeisteri, L. fittkaui fittkaui, Placomerus micans, and Martarega gonostyla), the Venezuelan State of Bolívar (Cylindrostethus palmaris, R. elegans, R. tenuipes, and Ambrysus stali), the Brazilian State of Bahia (Martarega bentoi), Peru (Euvelia lata), and the Peruvian Region of Arequipa (Microvelia pulchella).

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

Project details

Project title: Biodiversity of river corridors of tropical forests: current status, impact of anthropogenic activity and the prospect of recovery

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=moreiraetal2016

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Infraorder: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Records of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha from Venezuela, Brazil, and Peru.
Coordinates: 33°53'60''S and 13°46'48''N Latitude; 83°7'48''W and 32°11'24''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 2011 - 2013

Natural collections description

Collection name: Department of Biology and General Ecology, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol

Methods

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

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive New records of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from South America
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Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.pensoft.net/archive.do?r=moreiraetal2016
Publication date of data: 2016-05-14
Language: English
Licences of use: This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode">Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License</a>.

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-05-13
Hierarchy level: Dataset