Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860) (Figs. 17A–B, 18A) Velia brachialis Stål, 1860: 82 (original description). Paravelia brachialis: Polhemus 1976: 512 (changed combination). Platyvelia brachialis: Polhemus & Polhemus 1993: 394 (changed combination). Identification. Our specimens were identified based on male abdominal sternum VI without a median projection; male abdominal sternum VII with the posterior margin concave (Fig. 17B); the anterior margin of the pronotum subequal to head width; and the angulate metanotal projections in apterous specimens not exposed (Fig. 17A) (Rodrigues et al. 2021a). Materialexamined. BRAZIL, RioGrandedoNorte: Canguaretama, RioCurimata, 6°24’13.7”S, 35°08’03.8”W, 31-X-2020, R.P.R. Canejo leg.(1♂ apterous CEAAVF); Ceará-Mirim, Rio Ceará-Mirim, 5°37’50.4”S, 35°25’16.9”W, 03-XI-2018, R. P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (1♂, 3♀ micropterous CEAAVF); same data, except 21-IX-2019 (1♂ apterous, 3♀ micropterous); Natal, ponte no Rio Pitimbu, 5°55’00.7”S, 35°11’54.0”W, 22-X-2016, R. P. R. Canejo leg. (1♂ apterous, 1♀ micropterous CEAAVF); same data, except, 04-III-2018 (1♂, 1♀ micropterous); same data, except 21-IV-2022 (4♀ micropterous CEAAVF); Natal, Rio Pitimbu - BR101, 5°52’48.1”S, 35°13’32.6”W, 22-XII-2019, R.P R. Canejo leg. (1♂ micropterous CEAAVF); Parnamirim, Rio Pitimbu, Vale Encantado, 5°55’41.1”S, 35°10’46.5”W, 17-VII-2022, R.P.R. Canejo leg. (1♂ micropterous CEAAVF).

Published as part of Canejo, Rafael P. R., Melo, Alan Lane De & Rodrigues, Higor D. D., 2023, Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, including a new synonymy, pp. 151-185 in Zootaxa 5357 (2) on page 179, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10017897