Species info
Classification > Superfamily Gerroidea > Family Gerridae > Subfamily Trepobatinae > Tribe Metrobatini > Genus Metrobates
Metrobates vigilis Drake 1958
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Also known from Brazil (Mazzucconi & Bachmann 1995, Morrone et al. 2004).
 
Observations
Inhabiting borders of rivulets in selvatic hilly areas; probably not gregarious (Mazzucconi & Bachmann 1995).
References
  • 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.
  • 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.
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