A new genus of Gerridae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) in the subfamily Trepobatinae, , with a single included species, . , is described from the Colombian Pacific region. Representatives of the new genus were collected in mangrove lagoons of Buenaventura Bay, Valle del Cauca Department.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe fauna of semiaquatic bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Panama has been explored mainly between the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, with few reports since then, whereas that from Colombia has been intensively studied in the last decade. Here, we describe Rhagovelia joceliae Rodrigues Moreira, sp. nov.
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