Abstract

MORALES-C., Irina T.; MOLANO-R., Fredy  and  CASTRO-V., María I.. A NEW SPECIES OF POTAMOBATES CHAMPION, 1898 (INSECTA: HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: GERRIDAE: Cylindrostethinae) FROM THE COLOMBIAN PACIFIC. Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.1, pp.189-195. ISSN 0123-3068.

Based on males collected in the Colombian Pacific, a new species of the genus Potamobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae: Cylindrostethinae) is described and illustrated. Potamobates bilobulatus Morales, Molano & Castro sp. nov., is differentiated from other species of the genus by features of the male genitalia and of the female connexives.

Keywords : Gerromorpha; water striders; Neotropical Region; taxonomy.

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