Description of a New Species and Revised Key to the Hydrometra Latreille, 1797 (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha: Hydrometridae) Recorded from Brazil
Hydrometridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) is represented in Brazil by 17 species, belonging to six genera and three subfamilies: <i>Veliometra</i> Andersen, 1977 (Heterocleptinae); <i>Bacillometra</i> Esaki, 1927, <i>Cephalometra</i> Polhemus & Ferreira, 2018, <i>Hydrometra</i> Latreille, 1797, <i>Spelaeometra</i> Polhemus & Ferreira, 2018 (Hydrometrinae); and <i>Limnobatodes</i> Hussey, 1925 (Limnobatodinae). <i>Hydrometra</i> is the richest genus in the country, with 11 recorded species. Here, we describe <i>H. perobas</i> Cordeiro, Floriano & Moreira, sp. nov., collected in the buffer zone of Reserva Biológica das Perobas, a protected area within the Atlantic Forest biome, state of Paraná, southern Brazil. We also provide a revised key to the species of <i>Hydrometra</i> recorded from Brazil.
Authors
- Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6692-0323)
- Ana Carolina dos Passos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5853-8298)
- Isabelle da Rocha Silva Cordeiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2762-1379)
- Nathália de Oliveira Paiva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1693-2617)
- Juliana Mourão dos Santos Rodrigues (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2872-138X)
- Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5176-5084)
Institutions
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Animals
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15172468
- Primary Topic
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro