A new species of Mesovelia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae) from South America, with identification key and notes on Colombian species.
Mesovelia tuberculata sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on material from the Pacific Region of Colombia. It can be recognized by the following characters of the male: mesofemur without a row of spinules; posterior margin of abdominal tergum VIII with a weak notch; abdominal pleuron VIII with an anterodorsal tubercle; abdominal sternum VI with the posteromedian projection rounded and fringed with black spinules; and paramere with margins converging and apex single. In addition, we present data concerning M. zeteki Harris & Drake and M. mulsanti White, and an identification key to species of Mesoveliidae from Colombia.
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis, SP, Brazil Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil; Email: carlla.floriano@gmail.com.
Carla Fernanda Burguez
CF
Floriano
Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Email: unknown.
Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
FF
Moreira
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis, SP, Brazil; Email: unknown.
Pitágoras Da Conceição
PD
Bispo
Grupo de Investigación Sistemática Biológica, Laboratorio de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural "Luis Gonzalo Andrade", Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, BY, Colombia; Email: unknown.
Irina
I
Morales
Grupo de Investigación Sistemática Biológica, Laboratorio de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural "Luis Gonzalo Andrade", Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, BY, Colombia; Email: unknown.
Fredy
F
Molano-Rendón
D000818:Animals; D003105:Colombia; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male