Notonecta (Paranecta) disturbata Hungerford 1926
Creators: name: Jordão, Rafael
name: Barbosa, Julianna Freires
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Notonectidae
Notonecta
Notonecta disturbata

description: Notonecta (Paranecta) disturbata Hungerford, 1926
Fig. 10 M
Notonecta disturbata Hungerford, 1926: 13, 14, fig. 2 [original description].
Notonecta (Paranecta) disturbata; Hutchinson (1929): 363 [subgenus placement].
Diagnosis.
Medium-sized, ~ 8 mm long. Vertex / synthlipsis ratio ~ 2.7. Lateral margins of pronotum straight and divergent. Genital capsule with two caudoventral protuberances; apex of paramere not bifurcated (Fig. 8 A).
Taxonomic notes.
It is most similar to N. pulchra Hungerford, 1926, which has the same size. Examination of the male genital capsule is needed to ensure correct identification in most species of this genus, and N. disturbata is no exception. In this species, the genital capsule has two caudoventral protuberances, and dorsal portion is acute (Fig. 8 A), opposing to N. pulchra, which has only one protuberance and the dorsal portion of the genital capsule rounded (Fig. 8 B).
Distribution.
Argentina (Bachmann 1963). Brazil: AL [new record], CE [new record], ES (Bachmann 1963), GO (Truxal 1957), MG (Melo and Nieser 2004; Barbosa and Nessimian 2013 b), MT (Nieser 1970), PA (Barbosa and Nessimian 2013 b; Nobre et al. 2019), PE [new record], PI (Barbosa and Nessimian 2013 b; Takiya et al. 2016), RJ (Hungerford 1926, 1933; Ribeiro et al. 1998, 2010; Barbosa and Nessimian 2013 b), RS (Bachmann 1963; Barbosa and Nessimian 2013 b), SE [new record], SP (Barbosa and Nessimian 2013 b), TO (Truxal 1957). Paraguay (Hungerford 1933).
Material examined.
Brazil,! AL, 2018: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Quebrângulo municipality, RBPT, Sítio Juliana, brejo, PPT 4 station, 04. VII. 2018. -9.2608, -36.4157. C. F. B. Floriano, J. M. S. Rodrigues & J. F. Barbosa cols., CEIOC 81679. Same state, 2019: 1 ♂, 2 ♀: same data, except: Minador do Negrão municipality, açude, ALSE 13 station, 253 m, 23. V. 2019. -9.3679, -36.8425. J. M. S. Rodrigues, W. Souza & F. F. F. Moreira cols., CEIOC 82013; 3 ♂, 2 adults: same data, except: Maravilha municipality, rodovia BR- 316, açude, ALSE 15, 294 m, 24. V. 2019, CEIOC 82014.! CE, 2019: 2 ♂: Aiuaba municipality, EEA, área alagada ao lado da estrada para a casa do cajueiro, Água 4 station, 508 m, 10. IV. 2019. -6.6923, -40.1873. J. M. S. Rodrigues col., CEIOC 81941; 1 ♂: same data, except: sítio Boa Vista, área alagada, Água 7 station, 570 m, 11. IV. 2019. -6.7255, -40.2226, CEIOC 81943. Same state, 2021: 1 ♂, 2 ♀: same data, except: brejo, Água 6 station, 570 m, 05. VI. 2021. -6.7263, -40.2229. J. M. S. Rodrigues & F. F. F Moreira cols., CEIOC 81944.! PE, 2019: 1 ♂: Tupanatinga municipality, PNCA, Fazenda Brejo de São José, poça temporária, Água 8 station, 700 m, 16. III. 2019. -8.506, -37.2237. H. Rodrigues & J. M. S. Rodrigues cols., CEIOC 82015; 2 ♂, 1 ♀: same data, except: Chapadão, poça temporária, Água 18 station, 957 m, 20. III. 2019. -8.5244, -37.2394, CEIOC 81942.! SE, 2018: 1 ♂: Areia Branca municipality, PNSI, Riacho Negro, PNSI 2 station, 08. VII. 2018. -10.7475, -37.3402. C. F. B. Floriano, J. F. Barbosa J. M. S Rodrigues cols., CEIOC 81674; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 1 nymph: Lagarto municipality, Estrada SE - 170, açude, 09. VII. 2018. [-10.91319, -37.67136]. C. F. B. Floriano, J. M. S. Rodrigues & J. F. Barbosa cols., CEIOC 81661. Same state, 2019: 5 ♂, 3 ♀: same data, except: Canindé de São Francisco municipality, açude, ALSE 22 station, 301 m, 26. V. 2019. -9.8549, -37.9391. J. M. S. Rodrigues, W. Souza & F. F. F. Moreira cols., CEIOC 81940.
description: Published as part of Jordão, Rafael, Barbosa, Julianna Freires & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2025, Survey of the Notonectidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepomorpha) from northeastern Brazil, pp. 245-288 in ZooKeys 1233 on pages 245-288, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1233.120598