Revision of the Rhagovelia angustipes complex (Insecta: Hemiptera: Veliidae from Colombia
Author
Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra
0000-0003-0617-9403
Grupo de Investigación Sistemática Biológica-SisBio, 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
Morales, Irina
0000-0003-2456-5674
Grupo de Investigación Sistemática Biológica-SisBio, 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
Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
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Rhagovelia nuqui
Molano, Morales & Moreira, 2018
(
Figs. 1C
,
2C
,
3C
,
4C
,
19C
,
20C
,
22C
)
Rhagovelia nuqui
Molano, Morales & Moreira, 2018: 306
.
Diagnosis
. Body length
2.40–2.60 mm
in the male and ~
3.20 mm
in the female. Eye not covered with abundant setae. Tarsal formula 2-2-2. Male fore tibia strongly curved (
Fig. 21A
). Posterior surface of male hind femur with about 5 spines basally, followed by one long spine before middle, then about 13 smaller spines towards apex. Central shiny areas on dorsum of abdominal segments VII–VIII in both sexes. Male abdominal sterna VII–VIII with weak median carina. Male abdominal segment VIII small, approximately equal in length dorsally to mediotergite VII (
Fig. 1C
). Paramere and proctiger as in
Figs. 19C
,
20C
. Female abdominal laterotergites vertical or nearly so (
Fig. 3C
).
Distribution
.
Colombia
:
Chocó
(
Molano
et al.
2018
) (
Fig. 22C
).
Type material examined.
Holotype
♂
apterous (UPTC-0036): ‘
Colombia
\
Chocó
\ municipio
de Nuquí
\ quebrada
La Abuela
\
9.VII.2015
\
Col
:
F. Molano’
.
Additional material examined.
Chocó
:
Nuquí
,
Jovi Stream
with
La Chantadura
,
2017-X-21
(
F. Molano
&
I. Morales
):
9 ♂
apterous,
6 ♀
apterous (
UPTC
)
.
Nuquí
,
Pangui
,
Chigüi Stream
,
2017-X-23
(
F. Molano
&
I. Morales
):
17 ♂
apterous,
15 ♀
apterous (
UPTC
)
.
Nuquí
,
Termales
,
Terco Stream
,
2017-X-22
(
F. Molano
&
I. Morales
):
16 ♂
apterous,
13 ♀
apterous (
UPTC
)
.
Nuquí
, PNN
Utria
,
Manglar
,
2016-XI-05
(
F. Molano
):
1 ♂
apterous,
1 ♀
apterous, (
UPTC
)
.
Nuquí
,
Coquí
,
Muelle
,
La Poza
,
2017-X-19
(
F. Molano
&
I. Morales
):
2 ♂
apterous,
2 ♀
apterous (
UPTC
)
.
Nuquí
,
Pangui
,
Pangui River
,
2017-X-23
(
F. Molano
&
I. Morales
):
9 ♂
apterous,
7 ♀
apterous (
UPTC
)
.