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A synopsis of the genus Cylindrostethus Fieber 1861 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae)

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Cylindrostethus Fieber, 1861 is one of the most striking genera of water striders (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae) and has Pantropical distribution. Members of this group can be recognized by the very long, cylindrical body; the short antennomere IV; the short labium not reaching the mesosternum; and by characteristics of the abdomen of males and females. Although Neotropical representatives of the genus have been revised, there are pending taxonomic issues related to this fauna, and that of the Eastern Hemisphere has been barely studied in recent years. Here, we present a short note about the authorship of Cylindrostethus, an updated key to all species of the genus, a new synonymy, and the description of a previously unknown macropterous male of C. hungerfordi Drake and Harris.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Petr Kment (Národní museum, Prague, Czech Republic) for his comments concerning the authorship of Cylindrostethus, and Dr. Herbert Zettel (Naturistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria) for his comments about the taxonomy of Oriental species of the genus.

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CFBF thanks the Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) for a postdoctoral fellowship (process 204.230/2021). PCB thanks the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP, process #2019/ 22833–0 and BIOTA process #2021/05986–8) and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, process #306400/2022 and PROTAX process #441119/2020–4) for the financial support. FFFM benefited from grants provided by the FAPERJ (processes E-26/201.362/2021 and E-26/200.649/2023) and the CNPq (process #301942/2019–6).

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Floriano, C.F.B., Bispo, P.D. & Moreira, F.F.F. A synopsis of the genus Cylindrostethus Fieber 1861 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae). Neotrop Entomol 53, 254–276 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-023-01121-6

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