Chinches acuáticas de la superfamilia Nepoidea (Hemiptera: Nepomorpha) de Colombia: nuevos registros para Suramérica y ampliación de su distribución en el país

• Main Authors: Iván Romero, Jorge Ari Noriega
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt 2013-12-01
• Series: Biota Colombiana
• Subjects: Belostomatidae; Nepidae; <em>Abedus<em>; Chinches acuáticas; Colombia
• Online Access: http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/284

For the true aquatic bugs grouped under the Nepoidea superfamily, there is little information available about the genera and species present in Colombia. For this reason information was gathered from the main entomological Colombian collections and from literature of this group. The genus Abedus is reported for the first time for South America and Colombia, together with new generic state records of Belostoma, Curicta, Lethocerus, Ranatra and Telmatotrephes. The distribution maps for each genus and a taxonomic key for their identification is included. Nepoidea is well represented in Colombia in respect to the Neotropical region, being Belostomatidae more thoroughly sampled. Belostoma is more broadly distributed over a much wider altitude range. More studies in critical areas are needed in order to complete the national inventory.