Microvelia pulchella Westwood 1834
Creators: name: Canejo, Rafael P. R.
name: Melo, Alan Lane De
name: Rodrigues, Higor D. D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Microvelia
Microvelia pulchella

description: Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834
(Figs. 6B, 9E–H)
Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834: plate 6, figs. 5a–h (original description).
Identification. Our specimens were identified based on the short pronotum of the apterous specimens, exposing the mesonotum (Figs. 9E, G); the male hind tibia slightly curved (Figs. 9E–F, H); the male abdominal sternum VIII without modifications; and the general shape of the body, narrow and with parallel lateral margins in males but oval and robust in females (Figs. 9E–H) (Nieser & Melo 1997; Rúdio & Moreira 2011; Franco et al. 2021; Rodrigues et al. 2021b).
Material examined. BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Norte: Natal, Rio Pitimbu, EMPARN, 5°55’18.7”S, 35°11’42.4”W, 01-VI-2019, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♂, 1♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Natal, UFRN, espelho d’água da reitoria, 5°50’21.8”S, 35°12’04.7”W, 27-X-2019, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (4♂, 3♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Touros, Lagoa do Boqueirão, 5°16’31.2”S, 35°33’31.4”W, 02-XI-2018, R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (1♂ macropterous CEAAVF); Touros, Lagoa da Capivara, 5°11’50.7”S, 35°28’26.7”W, 02-XI-2018, R.P. R. Canejo, A. L. Melo leg. (1♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Macaíba, Riacho do Sangue, 5°51’58.5”S, 35°21’46.1”W, 15-XII-2019, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF); Serra Negra do Norte, açude no Rio Espinharas, 6°40’31.0”S, 37°23’02.4”W, 08-XI-2018, A.L. Melo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF); same data, except 26-IX-2019 (1♂, 5♀ apterous, 15♂, 16♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Ceará-Mirim, Rio Ceará-Mirim, 5°37’50.4”S, 35°25’16.9”W, 03-XI-2018, R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (4♀ apterous, 1♂ macropterous CEAAVF); same data, except 21-IX-2019 (1♂, 1♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Parnamirim, Riacho Taborda, 5°57’14.3”S, 35°09’41.7”W, 20-IX-2019, R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (2♂ apterous, 2♂, 5♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Poço Branco, Rio Ceará-Mirim - Represa, 5°38’00.5”S, 35°39’11.0”W, 21-IX-2019, R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (2♀ apterous, 12♂, 20♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Nísia Floresta, riacho beira da praia de Búzios, 6°00’55.3”S, 35°06’32.2”W, 20-IX-2019, R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (7♂, 9♀ apterous, 8♂, 9♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Santa Cruz, riacho após açude, 6°13’20.4”S, 36°01’46.5”W, 26-IX-2020, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Itajá, açude em Itajá, 5°43’36.0”S, 36°46’20.9”W, 02-X-2020, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♂, 2♀ apterous, 1♂, 4♀ macropterous CEAAVF); São José de Mipibu, lagoa BR-101 RN, 6°00’17.0”S, 35°15’30.9”W, 12-XI-2021, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (2♀ apterous CEAAVF); Serra de São Bento, poças d’água nas rochas, 6°25’07.4”S, 35°42’22.4”W, 13-VIII-2022, R. P. R. Canejo leg. (8♂, 35♀ apterous, 19♂, 16♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Serra de São Bento, Riacho Macacos, 6°24’30.8”S, 35°41’45.1”W, 13-VIII-2022, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (28♂, 54♀ apterous, 219♂, 362♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Serra de São Bento, Riacho Macacos, 6°24’32.8”S, 35°41’29.5”W, 13-VIII-2022, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (6♂, 17♀ apterous, 335♂, 611♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Nisia Floresta, Lagoa na FLONA, 6°04’31.8”S, 35°10’37.0”W, 28-VI-2022, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (7♂, 9♀ apterous, 22♂, 22♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Genipabu, APA de Genipabu, 5°42’12.2”S, 35°12’26.4”W, 10- IX-2022, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (4♂, 17♀ apterous, 72♂, 101♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Extremoz, CTA - Manguezal, 5°40’42.6”S, 35°14’28.2”W, 22-X-2022, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF).
description: Published as part of Canejo, Rafael P. R., Melo, Alan Lane De & Rodrigues, Higor D. D., 2023, Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, including a new synonymy, pp. 151-185 in Zootaxa 5357 (2) on page 165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10017897