Buenoa femoralis ( Fieber, 1851 )

Jordão, Rafael, Barbosa, Julianna Freires & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2025, Survey of the Notonectidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepomorpha) from northeastern Brazil, ZooKeys 1233, pp. 245-288 : 245-288

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scientific name	Buenoa femoralis ( Fieber, 1851 )
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Buenoa femoralis ( Fieber, 1851) View in CoL

Fig. 10 B View Figure 10

Anisops femoralis Fieber, 1851: 483 [original description].

Buenoa femoralis View in CoL ; Kirkaldy (1904): 120 [genus transfer].

Diagnosis.

Large species, male length 7.8–8.6 mm. Synthlipsis wide, nearly 1 / 2 of vertex width. Labial prong much longer than third labial article, originating slightly after half of article. Fore femur slightly widened at apex, with ~ 17 ridges in a triangular stridulatory area.

Taxonomic notes.

Buenoa femoralis is one of the largest species of the genus in Brazil, together with B. antigone antigone , B. crassipes ( Champion, 1901) , and B. oreia Nieser, Melo, Pelli & Barbosa, 1997 . It is usually larger than the first two species and smaller than the last one, and shows different shapes of the fore femur, stridulatory area, and labial prong. The closest species in northeastern Brazil is B. pallipes , which is a distinctly smaller species, with differently shaped labial prong.

Distribution.

Brazil: AM ( Barbosa and Nessimian 2013 a), PI [new record], PR ( Jaczewski 1928). Peru ( Truxal 1953). Puerto Rico ( Fieber 1851). U. S. Virgin Islands ( Barber 1939).

Material examined.

Brazil,! PI, 2018: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 4 nymphs: Caracol municipality, PNSC, entre o Mirante “ Janela do Sertão ” e o cemitério, Água 2 station , 566 m, 10. XII. 2018. -9.2188, -43.4902. J. M. S. Rodrigues & O. M. Magalhães cols., CEIOC 82007 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂: same data, except: Guaribas municipality, açude, Água 10 station , 640 m, 14. XII. 2018. -9.3649, -43.7546, CEIOC 82006 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 1 nymph: same data, except: Caracol municipality, Água 13 station , 526 m, 15. XII. 2018. -9.2140, -43.4965, CZMA GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂: same data, except: proximo a estrada, Terra 6 station , 11. XII. 2018. -9.2137, -43.4986. C. C. Gonçalves col., CEIOC 82080 GoogleMaps . Same state, 2020: 4 ♂, 2 ♀: same data, except: poças ao lado da estrada proximo ao cemitério, Água 4 station , 565 m, 13. II. 2020. -9.2185, -43.4904. J. M. S. Rodrigues & I. R. S. Cordeiro cols., CEIOC 81910 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂: same data, except: Povoado Sobrado, alagado em área de pasto, Água 11 station , 499 m, 16. II. 2020. -9.2111, -43.5202, CEIOC 81908 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, 8 ♀: same data, except: Guaribas municipality, brejão, açude, Água 12 station , 640 m, 18. II. 2020. -9.3650, -43.7544, CEIOC 81909 GoogleMaps .