Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from eastern Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil Author Lima Franco, Cleilton Author Mourão dos Santos Rodrigues, Juliana Author Silva de Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto Author Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo text Check List 2021 2021-03-17 17 2 551 568 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.2.551 journal article 10.15560/17.2.551 1809-127X Rhagovelia tenuipes Champion, 1898 Figure 11M–O New records. BRAZIL • 2 ♀ ; Maranhão , Caxias , Baixa Grande stream; −04.75722 , −043.66055 , 06 Aug. 2019 ; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00267 • 36 ♂ , 19 ♀ ; Maranhão , Caxias , Primavera stream; −04.84916 , −043.49527 ; 06 Aug. 2019 ; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00176 • 150 ♂ , 112 ♀ ; Maranhão , Codó , Saco river ; −04.62482 , −043.90249 ; 02 Oct. 2019 ; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00275 . Identification. Like R . hambletoni , R . tenuipes belongs to the angustipes complex of species ( Polhemus 1997 ). Our males could be distinguished from R . hambletoni by the abdominal laterotergites bowed laterally and the longer hind femur, slightly longer than half of the body length ( Fig. 11M ). Females of R . tenuipes were easily distinguished from those of R . hambletoni based on the laterotergites not reflected over the mediotergites ( Fig. 11O ) and the hind femur with at least seven spines (Moreira 2012). Distribution in Brazil . RR, AM, PA, MA*, MT, MS, MG, ES, SP, RJ. Subfamily Veliinae Stridulivelia Hungerford, 1929