<title language="eng">Description of Microvelia urucara sp. nov. and new distributional data on veliids (Insecta: Heteroptera: Veliidae): from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil

<title language="eng">Description of Microvelia urucara sp. nov. and new distributional data on veliids (Insecta: Heteroptera: Veliidae): from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil

<abstract language="eng">Based on material collected on streams and lakes from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil, Microvelia urucara sp. nov. is described, illustrated and compared with similar species. The new species, like many other Neotropical Microvelia Westwood, 1834, does no...

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Main Authors: Felipe F. F Moreira, Julianna F Barbosa, Jorge L Nessimian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2011-10-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
Aquatic insects
Hemiptera
morphology
Neotropics
taxonomy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702011000500014

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