The genus Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) in Brazil, with descriptions of eight new species
Author
Rodrigues, Higor D. D.
Author
Moreira, Felipe F. F.
Author
Nieser, Nico
Author
Chen, Ping Ping
Author
Melo, Alan L.
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Dias-Silva, Karina
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Giehl, Nubia F. S.
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Zootaxa
2014
3784
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journal article
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Paravelia lanemeloi
Moreira & Barbosa, 2012
(
Figs
16
I, 17B)
Paravelia lanemeloi
Moreira & Barbosa, 2012: 59
. [Original description]
Diagnosis.
Male. BL 4.95–5.10, PW 2.03. Female. BL 5.15, PW 2.04–2.05. General body color dark brown; trochanters, basal half of femora, and exposed portion of connexives yellowish. Venter of head, central region of abdominal sternites II–VI, and posterolateral margins of sternite VII with small black denticles. Forewing with a basal oval white macula, not touching humeral angle and ending adjacent to posterior margin of pronotum; at apex another oval white macula, slightly smaller than basal macula (
Fig. 17
B). Male proctiger without dorsal projections. Paramere elongated, curved on basal half, with a small notch on dorsal surface near base, and rounded apex (
Fig.
16
I).
Discussion.
This species was recently described based on the macropterous form, collected in regions above
1.000 m
a.s.l of Minas Gerais State,
Brazil
, in the Espinhaço mountain range.
Type
material examined.
Paratypes
:
Brazil
,
Minas Gerais
: 1 macropterous male, 2 macropterous females (
DZRJ
), Santana do Riacho, Alto do Palácio, temporary pool,
1.300–1.400 m
a.s.l.,
17.I.2009
, (D. Takiya).
Additional material examined.
Brazil
,
Minas Gerais
: 1 macropterous female (
DPIC
), Serra do Cipó, Cardeal Mota, Travessão,
11.X.1998
, (G.J.C. Vianna).