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Published: 2012-04-20
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The genus Hydrometra Latreille in Ecuador with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Hydrometridae)

Natural History Museum of the University of Florence, Zoological Section “La Specola”, Via Romana 17, I-50125 Florence, ITALY
WBA-World Biodiversity Association, Via Trento 59D, I-36071 Arzignano (VI), ITALY
Hemiptera Hydrometra H. aequatoriana Ecuador new species new records species checklist

Abstract

Hydrometra argentina Berg is reported for Ecuador for the first time. H. aequatoriana n. sp. is described from westernAndean Ecuador. Male terminalia separate this species from other congeneric species. Four species of Hydrometra arenow known to occur in Ecuador: H. argentina, Hydrometra caraiba Guérin-Méneville, Hydrometra williamsi Hungerford & Evans and H. aequatoriana n. sp.

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