title: Two new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia, with a key to Colombian species.
abstract: Only six species of Microvelia have been recorded from Colombia up to the present, namely M. ancona, M. hinei, M. leucothea, M. longipes, M. panamensis, and M. pulchella. Microvelia inguapi sp. n. and M. piedrancha sp. n. are herein described and compared with similar species. An identification key to the Colombian species of Microvelia is presented.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Nariño, Ciudad Universitaria Torobajo, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología, Bloque 3, piso 4, San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia; Email: dnpadilla@udenar.edu.co.
authors.forename: Dora N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Padilla-Gil
authors.affiliation: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos. Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Rocha Lima, Quinto Andar. Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. CEP 21045-900. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Entomologia. Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho 373, CCS, Bloco A, Sala 107. Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. CEP 21941-971, Caixa Postal 68044.; Email: felipe.moreira@ioc.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Moreira
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D003105:Colombia; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male