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ZOOLOGIA
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 269-279Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA ZOOLOGIA, UNIV FEDERAL PARANA
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702011000200018
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Aquatic insects; Hemiptera; Neotropics
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Projeto Pro-Varzea/IBAMA
- Fundacao de Amparo ao Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa (FADESP)
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Eighteen species from seven genera are recorded from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil. An identification key, diagnoses, drawings, and taxonomic and biological notes are given for these species. The main features used in the identification key and diagnoses are: body and leg segments proportions, coloration patterns, presence and distribution of setae, and modifications of the apical abdominal segments and external genitalia of the male. Based on material collected in the floodplain streams and lakes, Cylindrostethus bassleri Drake, 1952 is recorded for the first time from Brazil, and new municipality records are presented for Brachymetra Iota Shaw, 1933, B. shawl Hungerford & Matsuda, 1957, C. erythropus (Herrich-Schaffer, 1850), C. linearis (Erichson, 1848), C. Palmaris Drake & Harris, 1934, C. regulus (White, 1879), Neogerris lotus (White, 1879), N. lubricus (White, 1879), N. visendus (Drake & Harris, 1934), Ovatametra obese Kenaga, 1942, Rheumatobates crassifemur esakii Schroeder, 1931, R. klagei Schroeder, 1931, and Trepobates taylori (Kirkaldy, 1899). Additional new records from the Brazilian Amazon are presented for B. Iota and O. obesa.
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