New species, synonymies and records in the genus Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia Author Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra 0000-0003-0617-9403 Laboratorio de Entomología, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, BY, Colombia & ximena. galindo @ uptc. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0617 - 9403 ximena.galindo@uptc.edu.co Author Mondragón-F, Silvia Patricia 0000-0001-6730-1535 Laboratorio de Entomología, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, BY, Colombia & patriciamondragon 18 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6730 - 1535 patriciamondragon18@gmail.com Author Morales, Irina 0000-0003-2456-5674 Laboratorio de Entomología, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, BY, Colombia & irina. morales @ uptc. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2456 - 5674 irina.morales@uptc.edu.co Author Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo 0000-0002-6692-0323 Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. ppmeiameiameia @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6692 - 0323 ppmeiameiameia@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-01-05 5087 1 1 34 journal article 2787 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.1.1 8da0c10e-0499-4d69-9d5d-8ef49ef2060f 1175-5326 5819717 65D90727-B9F6-43E5-93F9-6F5D8C9079F9 Rhagovelia sinuata Gould, 1931 ( Fig. 9B , 13F ) Rhagovelia sinuata Gould, 1931: 42 Diagnosis. Body length: apterous male (~4.2), apterous female (~4.5), macropterous male (~4.1), macropterous female (~4.4). General color orange-brown. Pronotum of apterous form completely covering mesonotum. Male jugum and proepisternum with numerous minute, black denticles. Male mesosternum without black denticles laterally.Apterous male hind trochanter with 2–4 small subequal spines.Apterous male hind femur with dorsal spine row containing two spines of much larger size than the others separated by 4–5 smaller spines. Apterous male hind tibia straight, with small pegs throughout length and a straight apical spur. Posterolateral margins of male abdominal segment VII surrounding genital cavity without black denticles. Male paramere as in Polhemus (1997:185 , fig. 141). Apterous female abdomen without median carina. Macropterous female pronotum without elevated posterior projection. Distribution. COLOMBIA : Caquetá (this work), Meta ( Polhemus 1997 , this work), Norte de Santander (this work) ( Fig. 9B ). ECUADOR ( Gould 1931 ). PERU ( Bacon 1956 ). VENEZUELA ( Polhemus 1997 ). Material examined. Caquetá : El Paujil , Vereda La Sonora , 1217 m , 1°35.769’ N , 75°22.370’ W , 25.XI.2017 , ( C. Flórez & V . Sánchez ): 1 ♂ macropterous, 27 ♂ apterous, 38 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05862). El Paujil , Vereda La Cristalina , 665 m , 1°34.699’ N , 75°22.300’ W , 25.XI.2017 , ( C. Flórez & V . Sánchez ): 1 ♂ apterous (UPTC-In-05863) . Meta : Villavicencio , Jardín Botánico , 650 m , 4°9’00” N , 73°39’20” W , 29.III.2011 ( M. Loaiza ): 2 ♂ macropterous, 1 ♂ apterous, 4 ♀ macropterous, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05865) . Norte de Santander : Asiria , Belén , 20.IV.2019 , ( A. Lopera ): 1 ♂ macropterous, 1 ♂ apterous, 2 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05878) .