Martarega membranacea White 1879
Creators: name: Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos
name: Barbosa, Julianna Freires
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
name: Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Notonectidae
Martarega
Martarega membranacea

description: Martarega membranacea White, 1879
(Fig. 16A–B)
Martarega membranacea White, 1879: 272 (original description)
Distribution. Argentina (López-Ruf et al. 2003). Bolivia (Truxal 1949). Brazil: Amazonas (White 1879; Truxal 1949; Nieser 1970b; Pereira & Melo 2007; Barbosa et al. 2012; Barbosa & Rodrigues 2013), Bahia (Jordão et al. 2025), Goiás (Nieser 1970b; Barbosa & Dias-Silva 2017), Mato Grosso (Barbosa & Giehl 2014), Mato Grosso do Sul (Floriano et al. 2013), Minas Gerais (Melo & Nieser 2004; Barbosa & Rodrigues 2013), Pará (Truxal 1949; Nieser 1970b; Andrade 1992; Barbosa et al. 2010b, 2012; present study), Piauí (Takiya et al. 2016), Rio de Janeiro (Ribeiro et al. 2010), Rondônia (Truxal 1949), São Paulo (Castanhole et al. 2013; Pereira et al. 2015a), Sergipe (Jordão et al. 2025), Tocantins (Truxal 1957). Colombia (Roback & Nieser 1974). Guyana (Truxal 1949). Suriname (Nieser 1968).
Distribution in Pará. Alenquer (Barbosa et al. 2012; present study), Aveiro (Nieser 1970b; present study), Belém (Truxal 1949), Belterra, Curuá (present study), Curionópolis, Irituia (Barbosa et al. 2012), Itaituba (Nieser 1970b; present study), Jacareacanga (Nieser 1970b), Maracanã (Barbosa et al. 2012), Marituba (Nieser 1970b), Melgaço (Barbosa et al. 2012), Mojuí dos Campos (Barbosa et al. 2012; present study), Monte Alegre, Óbidos (present study), Oriximiná (Nieser 1970b; Barbosa et al. 2012; present study), Parauapebas (Andrade 1992; Barbosa et al. 2010b, 2012), Rurópolis (present study), Santarém (Nieser 1970b; Barbosa et al. 2012; present study), São João de Pirabas (Nieser 1970b), Senador José Porfírio (Barbosa et al. 2012), Terra Santa (present study), Tomé-açu (Nieser 1970b; Barbosa et al. 2012), Tucuruí, Vigia (Barbosa et al. 2012).
Material examined. Brazil, Pará, Município de Alenquer, Lago Atumamirim, 02°02’14” S / 54°48’51” W, 05/ VII/2023, S.E. Santos col. (6 ♂, 3 ♀); Lago Preto, 02°02’42” S / 54°48’57” W, 07/VII/2023, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂, 1 ♀); Nova Aurora, 02°00’59” S / 54°50’11” W, 05/VII/2023, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂); Valmir, 02°00’29” S / 54°54’26” W, 05/VII/2023, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂). Município de Aveiro, Cametá, 03°27’08” S / 55°51’35” W, 06/II/2022, M. V Nascimento col. (1 ♀). Município de Belterra, Igarapé Aramanaí, 02°42’56” S / 54°59’59” W, 07/XI/2019, S.E. Santos col. (4 ♂, 3 ♀); Igarapé Jatuarana, 03°15’44” S / 54°56’37” W, 11/II/2020, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂). Município de Curuá, Açude Cá te espero, 01°52’18” S / 55°46’09” W, 27/IX/2022, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂). Município de Itaituba, Ponte Fonte Azul, 04°17’07” S / 56°04’07” W, 27/VII/2022, S.E. Santos col. (4 ♂, 7 ♀); Igarapé Sai Cinzas, 04°16’04” S / 56°07’37” W, 27/VII/2022, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂); Lago Bom Jardim, 04°16’33” S / 56°00’18” W, 27/VII/2022, S.E. Santos col. (5 ♂, 6 ♀) Município de Mojuí dos Campos, Igarapé Terra Preta, 02°43’09” S / 54°40’20” W, 10/II/2020, LA. Oliveira col. (9 ♂, 13 ♀); idem, excet 24/II/2020, (1 ♂, 3 ♀); Porto Alegre, 02°52’31” S / 54°23’32” W, 08/X/2022, S.E. Santos col. (43 ♂, 43 ♀). Município de Monte Alegre, Estrada Santana do Tapará, 02°09’51” S / 54°27’22” W, S. R. M. Couceiro col. (1 ♂); Igarapé do Batata, 01°59’23” S / 54°03’00” W, 18/ VI /2023, S.E. Santos col. (11 ♂, 7 ♀); idem, except 29/ VI /2023, (6 ♂, 5 ♀). Município de Óbidos, Igarapé Alegria, 01°53’07” S / 55°30’43” W, 30/ V /2023, S.E. Santos col. (7 ♂, 2 ♀); Igarapé Estrada da Campina, 01°52’59” S / 55°29’42” W, 30/ V /2023, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂, 2 ♀); Lago da Campina, 01°52’09” S / 55°28’09” W, 01/ VI /2023, S.E. Santos col. (2 ♂, 3 ♀); Lago Geretepaua, 01°54’03” S / 55°32’01” W, 31/ V /2023, S.E. Santos col. (5 ♂, 15 ♀). Município de Oriximiná, Igarapé da Eldra, 01°45’07” S / 55°50’24” W, 05/XI/2022, S.E. Santos col. (5 ♂, 8 ♀); Lago Iripixi, 01°46’50” S / 55°50’45” W, 12/ VI /2019, S.E. Santos col. (3 ♂, 2 ♀); Sítio Tô de boa, 01°40’29” S / 55°47’37” W, 07/XII/2022, S.E. Santos col. (12 ♂, 3 ♀); Tanque Patty Chouli, 01°44”01” S/ 55°47’39” W, 06/XI/2022, S.E. Santos col. (5 ♂, 6 ♀). Município de Rurópolis, Santarenzinho, 04°10'15" S / 55°50'16" W, 09/II/2022, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♀). Município de Santarém, Amar Juá, 02°26’56” S / 54°47’53” W, 13/IX/2019, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂, 1 ♀); Igarapé do Costa, 02°15’14” S / 54°38’52” W, 17/VII/2023, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♀); idem, except 18/VII/2023, (1 ♂, 2 ♀); Igarapé Guaraná, 02°46’25” S / 54°23’20” W, 06/III/2020, S.E. Santos col. (2 ♂, 1♀); Lago Escola da Floresta, 02°30’38” S / 54°56’09” W, 12/I/2023, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂); Lago Maicá, 02°28’01” S / 54°39’51” W, 27/ V /2021, S.E. Santos col. (3 ♂, 3 ♀); Mapiri, 02°25’28” S / 54°44’47” W, 12/IX/2022, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♀); Rio Curuá-Una, 02°49’01” S / 54°17’52” W, 14/XI/2023, S.E. Santos col. (8 ♂, 1 ♀); Rio Curuá-Una, 02°48’21” S / 54°17’49” W, 05/ VI /2023, S.E. Santos col. (4 ♂, 3 ♀); Rio Curuá-Una, 02°48’56” S / 54°17’59” W, 06/ VI /2023, S.E. Santos col. (6 ♂, 1 ♀); Poça Curuá-Una, 02°48’29” S; 54°17’44” W, 05/ VI /2023, S.E. Santos col. (3 ♂, 3 ♀). Município de Terra Santa, Costa do Cajual, 02°06’32” S / 56°30’26” W, 08/IV/2023, S.E. Santos col (1 ♂).
description: Published as part of Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos, Barbosa, Julianna Freires, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques, 2025, Corixoidea and Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Pará, Brazil, with new records from the western portion of the state, pp. 275-304 in Zootaxa 5627 (2) on page 293, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/15325988