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Collection and Long-Term Maintenance of Leaf-Cutting Ants (Atta) in Laboratory Conditions
Published on: August 30, 2022
[Aquatic heteroptera from Mariana County, Minas Gerais, Brazil]
Marco A A de Souza1, Alan L de Melo, Gustavo J C Vianna
1Depto. Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Univ. Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30123-970. maandrades@hotmail.com
Abstract:
In surveys carried out in lotic and lentic environments in Mariana County, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, 35 genera and 64 species of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera were recorded, distributed in 13 families. Thirty four species were collected in lentic environments, while in lotic environments 48 species were collected, some of them common to both environments. Nepomorpha presented the greatest number of species (45), markedly for the family Naucoridae, represented by 12 species. Among the 19 Gerromorpha species collected, eight were Veliidae and six were Gerridae.
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