Two new species of Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Costa Rica, with a key and new records from the country
Author
Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Author
Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald
Author
Springer, Monika
Author
Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva
text
Zootaxa
2015
3980
4
477
500
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3980.4.2
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1175-5326
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Rhagovelia spinigera
Champion, 1898
(
Fig. 31
)
Known distribution in
Costa Rica
.
San José, Río Virilla [unknown province], and Pavas [unknown province] (
Torre-Bueno 1906
,
Bacon 1956
,
Polhemus 1997
). Reported here are the first records from Alajuela, Cartago, and Heredia provinces.
Material examined. Alajuela
—San Ramón, Alto Zamora,
1200 m
a.s.l.,
IX.2005
, (R. Gómez): 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female.
Cartago
—Orosi,
22.XI.2008
, (B. Pacheco): 7 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 2 apterous females. Orosi, arm of Grande de Orosi River, between Purisil and Tapantí,
20.IX.1998
, (F. Mejía): 1 apterous male. Orosi, Porisi River, strong current,
20.IX.1998
: 1 apterous female, 3 nymphs. Orosi, waterfall under bridge between Orosi and Paraíso,
20.IX.1998
, (F. Mejía): 2 apterous males, 2 apterous females, 1 nymph. Orosi, polluted waterfall,
20.IX.1998
, (C. Obardo): 8 apterous males, 2 macropterous males, 8 apterous females.
Heredia
—San Isidro,
Santa Elena
, Yerbabuena River,
390 m
a.s.l.,
6.IX.1998
, (A. León): 1 apterous female.