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Issue: Vol. 1269 No. 1: 24 Jul. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-07-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1269.1.4
Page range: 51–56
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of the male and the southernmost record of Mesoveloidea williamsi Hungerford, 1929 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae)

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Hemiptera Mesoveloidea williamsi Gerromorpha Rio de Janeiro State male genitalia Neotropics Brazil

Abstract

The male of Mesoveloidea williamsi Hungerford, 1929 and its genitalia are described and illustrated for the first time. The first record of the species from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, the southernmost record of the species, is presented.

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