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Issue: Vol. 3354 No. 1: 21 Jun. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3354.1.2
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of Paravelia Breddin, 1898 and distributional notes concerning the Veliidae from Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha)

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Entomologia. Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho 373, CCS, Bloco A, Sala 107. Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil CEP 21941-971, Caixa Postal 68044
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Entomologia. Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho 373, CCS, Bloco A, Sala 107. Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil CEP 21941-971, Caixa Postal 68044
Hemiptera Aquatic insects Neotropics taxonomy

Abstract

Paravelia lanemeloi sp. nov. and P. nieseri sp. nov. are described. Microvelia inannana, Oiovelia brasiliensis, Rhagoveliamodesta, R. novana, R. sooretama, R. teresa, R. vaniniae, and R. zela are recorded for the first time from Minas GeraisState. Additional records are presented for M. longipes, M. pulchella, R. aiuruoca, R. hambletoni, R. macta, R. robusta, R. sabrina, R. triangula, R. trianguloides, and R. turmalis.

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