New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha)
Author
Moreira, F. F. F.
Author
Nessimian, J. L.
Author
Rúdio, J. A.
Author
Salles, F. F.
text
Journal of Natural History
2010
2010-11-05
44
45 - 46
2761
2801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.512423
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2010.512423
1464-5262
5212103
Rhagovelia triangula
Nieser and Polhemus, 1997
This species was known from
Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
states, and is herein recorded for the first time from
Espírito Santo State
, as well as in new localities from
Serra do Caparaó
.
Polhemus (1997)
and
Nieser and Polhemus (1999)
mentioned that male hind femur of
R. triangula
did not bear a proximal row of black pegs. A distinct row is really not present, but a few basal black pegs can observed ventrally, like in
R. capixaba
sp. nov.
Examined material
Brazil
:
Minas Gerais
–
Caparaó
,
PARNA
Caparaó
,
Vale Verde
[
20
◦
25
′
11.6
′′
S
,
41
◦
50
′
45.7
′′
W
,
1309 m
asl
],
25 March 2009
, (
F.F. Salles
and
J.A. Rúdio
): 14 apterous males, 5 macropterous males (wings broken), 5 apterous females. Espera Feliz,
PARNA
Caparaó
,
Rio Preto
, próximo à sede [
20
◦
30
′
08.9
′′
S
,
41
◦
49
′
13.4
′′
W
,
822 m
asl
],
25 March 2009
, (
F.F. Salles
and
J.A. Rúdio
): 1 macropterous male (broken wings);
Cachoeira Vale
a
Pena
[
20
◦
32
′
19.6
′′
S
,
41
◦
51
′
25.2
′′
W
,
1053 m
asl
],
27 March 2009
, (
F.F. Salles
and
J.A. Rúdio
): 24 apterous males, 1 macropterous male (wings broken), 32 apterous females
.
Espírito Santo
–
Ibitirama
,
PARNA
Caparaó
,
Pedra Roxa
[
20
◦
23
′
48.1
′′
S
,
41
◦
44
′
08.1
′′
W
,
1063 m
asl
],
20 April 2008
, (
F.F. Salles
): 5 apterous males, 2 apterous females, 1 macropterous female (broken wings)
.