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Description of a New Species and Revised Key to the Hydrometra Latreille, 1797 (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha: Hydrometridae) Recorded from Brazil

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Hydrometridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) is represented in Brazil by 17 species, belonging to six genera and three subfamilies: Veliometra Andersen, 1977 (Heterocleptinae); Bacillometra Esaki, 1927, Cephalometra Polhemus & Ferreira, 2018, Hydrometra Latreille, 1797, Spelaeometra Polhemus & Ferreira, 2018 (Hydrometrinae); and Limnobatodes Hussey, 1925 (Limnobatodinae). Hydrometra is the richest genus in the country, with 11 recorded species. Here, we describe H. perobas Cordeiro, Floriano & Moreira, sp. nov., collected in the buffer zone of Reserva Biológica das Perobas, a protected area within the Atlantic Forest biome, state of Paraná, southern Brazil. We also provide a revised key to the species of Hydrometra recorded from Brazil.

Source: Animals

DOI: 10.3390/ani15172468

Authors: Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano, Isabelle da Rocha Silva Cordeiro, Juliana Mourão dos Santos Rodrigues, Nathália de Oliveira Paiva, Ana Carolina Passos, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira

Institution: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Language: English

Topic: Hemiptera Insect Studies

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,896

Funders: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro