Banca de DEFESA: EVALDO ALVES JOAQUIM JUNIOR

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STUDENT : EVALDO ALVES JOAQUIM JUNIOR
DATE: 27/03/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: on-line
TITLE:

Diversity and distribution of semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) in the Paranapiacaba Mountain Range Mosaic

KEY WORDS:

aquatic insects, Atlantic Forest, geographic distribution, new species, taxonomy

PAGES: 84
BIG AREA: Ciências Biológicas
AREA: Zoologia
SUBÁREA: Zoologia Aplicada
SUMMARY:

Semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), despite having a relatively rich
dataset for southeastern Brazil, still lack comprehensive information in several localities,
including areas of the Atlantic Forest. The present study aims to survey and catalog the
Gerromorpha diversity of the Paranapiacaba Mosaic, a region located in southwestern state of
São Paulo, through the development of a species list based on specimens collected at the site
and identified. Chapter I presents an inventory of the Gerromorpha fauna of the
Paranapiacaba Mosaic, where 3.339 specimens were collected during four sampling
campaigns, distributed among 35 species, 15 genera, and four families. Of these, six species
were recorded for the first time from the state of São Paulo: Microvelia braziliensis
McKinstry, 1937, Mi. minima Drake, 1952, Mi. quieta Drake & Carvalho, 1954, and
Tachygerris adamsoni (Drake, 1952) (Gerridae); Lipogomphus lacuniferus Berg, 1879
(Hebridae); and Stridulivelia (Stridulivelia) astralis (Drake & Harris, 1938) (Veliidae).
Chapter II describes a new species of Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Veliidae), including both
macropterous males and females, as well as a new record of P. luederwaldti Rodrigues &
Moreira, 2016, which was previously known only from the type material collected in the
1910s. Furthermore, an identification key to the species of this genus recorded from Brazil is
provided.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - FABIANO STEFANELLO
Externa à Instituição - FERNANDA AVELINO CAPISTRANO DA SILVA - UniSãoJosé
Externa à Instituição - JULIANNA FREIRES BARBOSA - UFRJ
Externo à Instituição - KIM RIBEIRO BARÃO - UFAL
Interno - 1014771 - LEANDRO LOURENCO DUMAS