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Immature stages of five species of Gerridae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2013

Dora N. Padilla-Gil
Dora N. Padilla-Gil*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Nariño, Ciudad Universitaria Torobajo, Bloque 3, Piso 4, San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia
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*E-mail: dnpadilla@udenar.edu.co
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Abstract

Immature stages of five species of Gerridae are described and illustrated for the first time: Rheumatobates longisetosus Polhemus & Manzano, Rheumatobates probolicornis Polhemus & Manzano, Rheumatobates peculiaris Polhemus & Spangler, Telmatometra whitei Bergroth and Telmatometroides rozeboomi (Drake & Harris). The first two were distributed in the Pacific region of Colombia, R. peculiaris distributed along the Pacific region of Colombia to Ecuador, T. whitei distributed from Mexico to Colombia and Ecuador, T. rozeboomi from Central America to Colombia and Ecuador. The five species were collected in the southwest of Colombia, near the Pacific coast.

Keywords

aquatic Heteropteraeggsnymphal instarsPacific regionSouth America
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Research Papers
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 91 - 98
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Copyright © icipe 2013

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