Classification > Superfamily
Gerroidea
> Family
Gerridae
> Subfamily
Trepobatinae
> Tribe
Metrobatini
> Genus
Metrobates
Metrobates plaumanni plaumanni Hungerford 1951
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Entre Ríos
- Misiones
- Uruguay
Other distribution
Also known from Brazil (Mazzucconi & Bachmann 1995, Morrone et al. 2004).
Inhabiting borders of rivulets in selvatic hilly areas; probably not gregarious. Only macropterous specimens were collected (Mazzucconi & Bachmann 1995).
- MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & BACHMANN, A.O. 1995. Geographic distribution of the Gerridae in Argentina (Insecta, Heteroptera). Insecta Mundi 9(3-4): 363- 370.
- MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & BACHMANN, A.O. 1995. Primera cita del genero Metrobates Uhler para la República Argentina (Heteroptera: Gerridae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 54(1-4): 15- 16.
- MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & BACHMANN, A.O. 2003. The Veliidae and Gerridae from Uruguay (Hemiptera). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 62(3-4): 89- 90.
- MORRONE, J.J., MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & BACHMANN, A.O. 2004. Distributional patterns of Chacoan water bugs (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae, Corixidae, Micronectidae and Gerridae). Hydrobiologia 523: 159- 173.
- TORRES, P.L.M., MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & MICHAT, M.C. 2007. Los coleópteros y heterópteros acuáticos del Parque Nacional El Palmar (Provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina): lista faunística, diversidad y distribución. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 66 (3-4): 127-154
