Acessibilidade / Reportar erro

Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta) from Pitinga, Amazonas, Brazil

Heterópteros (Insecta) aquáticos e semi-aquáticos de Pitinga, Amazonas, Brasil

A list of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera from a collecting trip to Pitinga, a village in a mining area in the County of Presidente Figueiredo in the Central Amazon is presented. Identified were fifty five species of Heteroptera, distributed in 13 families. Among the insects collected, some are new records for this Amazonian region and in addition 3 apparently undescribed species of Microvelia and one of Paravelia remain for further study.

Aquatic Heteroptera; Gerromorpha; Nepomorpha; New state records


Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Av. André Araujo, 2936 Aleixo, 69060-001 Manaus AM Brasil, Tel.: +55 92 3643-3030, Fax: +55 92 643-3223 - Manaus - AM - Brazil
E-mail: acta@inpa.gov.br