Microvelia mimula White 1879
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos
name: Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva
name: Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez
name: Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira
name: Magalhães, Oséias Martins
name: Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim
name: Martins, Thaynara De Souza
name: Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da
name: Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira
name: Salles, Frederico Falcão
name: Viala, Séverine
name: Khila, Abderrahman
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Microvelia
Microvelia mimula

description: Microvelia mimula White, 1879
Fig. 13B, C
Diagnosis. Body length 1.2–2.4 mm; apterous pronotum completely covering mesonotum; male terminalia not sinistrally rotated; venter of male abdominal segment VIII not centrally depressed; male proctiger with a pair of long lateral projections (Moreira 2012).
New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Águia Branca, stream with electric fence; alt. 216 m; −18.8734, −40.7789; 20. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82958 • Conceição da Barra, floodplain; alt. 21 m; −18.6341, −39.8141; 23. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 3 males, 1 female, CEIOC 82956 • Conceição da Barra, Reserva Biológica do Córrego Grande, stream; alt. 49 m; −18.2369, −39.8251; 25. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, 5 females, CEIOC 82966 • Conceição da Barra, ponto 11, puddle on the side of the road; −18.6340, −39.8140; 01. V.2009; FFF Moreira leg.; 4 males, 1 female, UFVB • Ecoporanga, Lajeado Stream; alt. 187 m; −18.2178, −40.5805; 21. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 5 males, 6 females, CEIOC 82942 • Ecoporanga, swamp; alt. 438 m; −18.3444, −40.8792; 21. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 4 males, 1 female, CEIOC 82963 • Itapemerim, pond; alt. 56 m; −20.9992, −41.1050; 25. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81829 • Linhares, Floresta Nacional de Goytacazes, tributary paleo-riverbed of Doce River; alt. 25 m; −19.4376, −40.0768; 28. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82221 • Mucurici, Ribeirão Itauninhas; alt. 213 m; −18.0533, −40.5434; 21. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82944 • Santa Teresa, Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi, lake beside the lodge; alt. 784 m; −19.9061, −40.5625; 22. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, 2 females, CEIOC 82222 • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, Rodrigues Stream, white sheet; alt. 44 m; –19.0268, –40.2275; 29.IV.2009; FF Salles leg.; 1 male, 2 females, UFVB • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, weir; alt. 21 m; −18.9973, −40.0169; 26.VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 9 males, 5 females, CEIOC 82223.— Minas Gerais • Alto Caparaó, Parque Nacional do Caparaó, Acampamento Macieira, swamp; alt. 1853 m; −20.4811, −41.8288; 25. III.2009; FF Salles leg.; 2 males, 2 females, UFVB • Pedralva, light trap; −22.2, −45.5; 29. III.2018; APA Luna Dias leg.; 14 males, 38 females, CEIOC 81311.
Distribution in Brazil. AL, AM, BA, CE, ES, MA, MG, MS, MT, PA, PI, RJ, RS, SC, SE, SP.
description: Published as part of Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, pp. 1-86 in Zootaxa 5393 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5393.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10437804