Description of a New Species and New Records of Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Eastern Brazil
The aquatic bug family Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) is currently represented in Brazil by 68 species. Although the diversity of the family has been the target of several recent studies, large areas of the country are still unexplored and several species that have been deposited in...
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Published in | Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 15; no. 6; p. 383 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Switzerland
MDPI AG
23.05.2024
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Summary: | The aquatic bug family Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) is currently represented in Brazil by 68 species. Although the diversity of the family has been the target of several recent studies, large areas of the country are still unexplored and several species that have been deposited in entomological collections are waiting for a formal description. Aiming to fill these knowledge gaps, a series of expeditions were carried out in six states of eastern Brazil between 2018 and 2023: Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Pernambuco, and Sergipe. The fieldwork targeted protected areas, but surrounding regions were also explored. The material obtained, in addition to specimens previously deposited in a national entomological collection, revealed the existence of
Jordão, Santos and Moreira, a new species herein described, and new records for other 11 species and two subspecies belonging to the genera
De Carlo, 1963,
Stål, 1876,
Reynoso-Velasco and Sites 2021, and
Stål, 1876. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Zoobank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AC066F4C-4104-48D1-9F79-6853559C453B. |
ISSN: | 2075-4450 2075-4450 |
DOI: | 10.3390/insects15060383 |