Hydrometridae of Suriname and the Amazon, with additional records of other Neotropical species (Hemiptera - Heteroptera).
The only other species of
Hydrometridae currently known from the Mascarene Islands is H.
The insecticides we used had the largest negative effect on the functional group of surface-dwelling predators (Veliidae, Microveliidae, Mesoveliidae, and
Hydrometridae) [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURES 5C AND D OMITTED].
Polhemus, 2008a): Mesoveloidea: Mesoveliidae: Madeoveliinae, Mesoveliinae (12 genera: 46 species), Hebroidea: Hebridae: Hebrinae, Hyrcaninae (7 genera: 126 species), Hydrometroidea:
Hydrometridae: Heterocleptinae, Hydrometrinae, Limnobatodinae (7 genera: 126 species), Paraphrynoveliidae (1 genus: 2 species), Macroveliidae (3 genera: 3 species), Gerroidea: Hermatobatidae (1 genus: 10 species), Veliidae: Haloveliinae, Microveliinae, Ocelloveliinae, Perittopinae, Rhagoveliinae, Veliinae (61 genera: 962 species), and Gerridae: Charmatometrinae, Cylindrostethinae, Eotrechinae, Gerrinae, Halobatinae, Ptilomerinae, Rhagadotarsinae, Trepobatinae (67 genera: 751 species).
Mesoveliidae,
Hydrometridae, Gerridae, Nepidae, Naucoridae, Pleidae, Notonectidae, Corixidae (Hemipteros); Helodidae, Hydrophilidae, 3 Hygrobiidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae (Coleopteros); Valvatidae, Hydrobiidae, Lymnaeidae, Physidae, Planorbidae, Bithyniidae, Bythinellidae, Sphaeriidae (Moluscos); Glossiphoniidae, Hirudidae, Erpobdellidae (Hirudineas); Asellidae, Ostracoda (Crustaceos).
Brief history of Cuban aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera: In the 19th century, the classic work of Guerin-Meneville (1857) listed 14 species (not including synonyms and misidentified species) of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera from Cuba, belonging to the families Saldidae, Gerridae,
Hydrometridae, Veliidae, Belostomatidae, Corixidae, Naucoridae, Nepidae, and Notonectidae.
Although we did not conduct aquatic sampling, seven aquatic and semi-aquatic families (Belostomatidae, Corixidae, Gelastocoridae, Gerridae,
Hydrometridae, Nepidae, and Notonectidae) were represented.
schuhi were collected from the second, shallow stream, in company with other aquatic Heteroptera species including Ranatra lansburyi Chen, Nieser and Ho (Nepidae), Metrocoris nigrofascioides Chen and Nieser (Gerridae), Hydrometra longicapitis Torre-Bueno (
Hydrometridae), and Enithares intha Paiva (Notonectidae).
aquasalis 33 191 40 36 4 18 79 HEMIPTERA Belostomatidae 20 0 0 0 0 0 24
Hydrometridae 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 Notonectidae 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Naucoridae 5 7 0 2 0 0 1 Corixidae 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 Pleidae 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 ODONATA Coenagrionidae 5 14 6 8 3 0 0 Libellulidae 4 67 11 9 11 0 34 COLEOPTERA Hydrophilidae 5 7 6 14 4 29 8 Dytiscidae 4 0 2 3 2 11 7 Scirtidae 1 0 0 2 1 2 5 Noteridae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mes Promedio mensual 8 9 10 11 12 de A.