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Issue: Vol. 4457 No. 3: 9 Aug. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.3.9
Page range: 474–480
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A new species of Hebrus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Hebridae) from Argentina

Museo de Historia Natural de La Pampa, Argentina, Pellegrini 180 L6300CLB, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina, Uruguay 151 L6300CLB, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Hebrus engaeus Hebrus alvearensis sp. nov. key velvet water bugs identification Hemiptera

Abstract

The Hebridae, commonly known as “velvet water bugs,” is a small family of semiaquatic bugs (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), distributed worldwide with approximately 220 species in 2 subfamilies and 9 genera. They are small (1.3–3.7 mm) and plump-bodied, brownish to black, and usually densely covered by setae. These predacious bugs inhabit humid terrestrial or marginal freshwater habitats. In Argentina, three species in three genera have been recorded: Hebrus engaeus Drake and Chapman, 1958, Lipogomphus lacuniferus Berg, 1879 and Merragata hebroides White, 1877. The purpose of this contribution is to describe Hebrus alvearensis sp. nov., found in the central region of Argentina, and to present a key for the species of Hebridae present in the country.

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