Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Metropolitan Region of Santarém, Brazil, including three new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Veliidae: Microveliinae)

Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará. Laboratório de Ecologia e Taxonomia de Invertebrados Aquáticos. Santarém, PA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará. Laboratório de Ecologia e Taxonomia de Invertebrados Aquáticos. Santarém, PA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) comprises more than 2100 species of semiaquatic bugs, most of which have the ability to walk on the surface of the water. So far, 238 species have been recorded from Brazil, but several portions of the country remain poorly explored. The Metropolitan Region of Santarém (MRS), Pará State, Brazil, lacks faunistic and taxonomic studies concerning this group and the local fauna is under threat due to human actions.

Keywords in Portuguese

Amazônia
Ecossistemas aquáticos
Distribuição
Diversidade
Insetos semiaquáticos
Sistemática
Taxonomia

Keywords

Amazon
Acquatic ecosystems
Aquatic insects
Distribution
Diversity
Semi-aquatic bugs
Systematics
Taxonomy

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Pensoft Publishers

Citation

SANTOS, Suzane E. dos et al. Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Metropolitan Region of Santarém, Brazil, including three new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Veliidae: Microveliinae). Biodiversity Data Journal, v. 9, e68567, p. 1-75, Sept. 2021.

DOI

10.3897/BDJ.9.e68567

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1314-2836

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/49159

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