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<paragraph id="165636BF3C69FFF68AD0B4DDFCFBFA19" blockId="3.[151,1436,1266,1974]" pageId="3" pageNumber="61">Macropterous male (Fig. 10). BL—6,25–6,35; HL—0,88–0,98; HW—1,08–1,09; ANT I—1,03, ANT II—0,83, ANT III—lost, ANT IV—lost; INT—0,51–0,53; EYE—0,28–0,30; PL—2,74–2,96; PW—2,06–2,16; FORELEG: FEM—1,74, TIB—1,75–1,76, TAR I—0,11, TAR II—0,26, TAR III—0,48; MIDLEG: FEM—2,23–2,26, TIB—2,14–2,19, TAR I—0,11–0,13, TAR II—0,65–0,69, TAR III—0,60–0,61; HINDLEG: FEM—2,74–2,78, TIB—3,06, TAR I—0,13, TAR II—0,60, TAR III—0,60.</paragraph>
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10. Macropterous male, dorsal view. 11. Apex of male body, dorsal view. 12. Apex of male body, lateral view. 13. Apex of male body, ventral view. 14. Male genital segment I, dorsal view. 15. Male genital segments, lateral view, parameres omitted. 16. Male paramere. 17. Male hind leg. 18. Macropterous female, dorsal view. [Scale bar = 1.00 mm; CON = apex of connexive; DEN = black denticles; PRJ = projection; ROW = main spine row; SPI = larger curved spines]
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<paragraph id="165636BF3C6FFFF08A8EB092FA6AFE2F" blockId="5.[151,1437,188,1688]" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">Abdominal connexives elevated, without black denticles, with margins exposed on sides of wings, sharply projected at apex (Fig. 11) almost to middle of genital segments. Abdominal sternite I centrally carinate. Center of abdominal sternite I and sides of remaining sternites with few black denticles similar to those of head. Last abdominal sternite with pair of acute posterior projections (Fig. 12–13). Posterolateral margins of last abdominal segment surrounding genital cavity without robust black denticles. Genital segments large, well-exposed beyond apex of wings. Genital segment I dorsally wide (Fig. 14), without projections on venter, with black denticles on lateral areas. Proctiger with a large central projection (Fig. 15). Parameres symmetrical, wide, flat, and curved (Fig. 16).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="165636BF3C6FFFF08A8EB199FBD4FD24" blockId="5.[151,1437,188,1688]" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">Forewing with four closed cells. Trochanter without spines. Fore femur slightly thicker than others. Fore tibia with grasping comb occupying almost half of its length. Proximal 2/3 of hind femur with an increasing row of spines, followed distally by two large curved spines, ventrally removed from the main row (Fig. 17). Macropterous female (Fig. 18). BL—6,10; HL—0,85; HW—1,10; ANT I—1,00, ANT II—0,81, ANT III—lost, ANT IV—lost; INT—0,53; EYE—0,28; PL—2,82; PW—2,06; FORELEG: FEM—1,73, TIB—1,74, TAR I—0,11, TAR II—0,28, TAR III—0,49; MIDLEG: FEM—2,13, TIB—2,11, TAR I—0,11, TAR II—0,65, TAR III—0,56; HINDLEG: FEM—2,44, TIB—2,90, TAR I—0,13, TAR II—0,59, TAR III—0,60.</paragraph>
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The precise location of the type-locality is not known because of the lack of details on the labels. Serra da Caraça is a mountain range located approximately 
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Named in honor of Prof. Nico Nieser, for his contributions to the knowledge of the aquatic Heteroptera of 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08A80B4A9FEAFFB23" bold="true" box="[199,332,1159,1184]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63" reason="1">Discussion.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08B13B4A6FDF4FB1C" box="[340,535,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">Paravelia nieseri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08858B4A6FD99FB23" bold="true" box="[543,634,1160,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3FAE57D63C6FFFF08858B4A6FD99FB23" box="[543,634,1160,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following combination of features: body length slightly longer than 
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; dorsum of head with black denticles; buccula, gula, jugum, and adjacent portion of proepisternum, and sides of male genital segment I (Fig. 14) with several black denticles; pronotum and margins of connexives without denticles; pronotum acuminate posteriorly, black with posterior area orange to orange brown (Fig. 10); venter of abdomen without deep foveae; and posterior margin of last abdominal sternite with a pair of projections (Fig. 12–13). The large dorsal process of male proctiger (Fig. 15) and the shape of male paramere (Fig. 16) are also diagnostic characteristics.
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<taxonomicName id="D1E94D3C3C6FFFF08A8EB5AAFE68FA1F" authority="Moreira &amp; Barbosa, 2012" authorityName="Moreira &amp; Barbosa" authorityYear="2012" box="[201,395,1412,1436]" class="Insecta" family="Veliidae" genus="Paravelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nieseri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08A8EB5AAFE68FA1F" box="[201,395,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">Paravelia nieseri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08BD3B5AAFE0DFA1F" bold="true" box="[404,494,1412,1436]" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3FAE57D63C6FFFF08BD3B5AAFE0DFA1F" box="[404,494,1412,1436]" pageId="5" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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resembles the species of the genus which have conspicuous projections on the last abdominal sternite of male, including 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08814B587FD22FA43" box="[595,705,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. basalis</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08893B587FCA9FA43" box="[724,842,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. confusa</emphasis>
(Hungerford, 1930)
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, and 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08E3FB587FB1DFA43" box="[1144,1278,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. williamsi</emphasis>
(Hungerford, 1930)
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. The projections of 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08BFBB5E3FDC7FA67" box="[444,548,1485,1508]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. nieseri</emphasis>
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are more similar to those of 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF0892CB5E3FC35FA67" box="[875,982,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. basalis</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08E49B5E3FB72FA67" box="[1038,1169,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. williamsi</emphasis>
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, which project laterally from a posterior tumescent area of the last abdominal sternite. The projections of 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08E6FB5DFFB79F98B" box="[1064,1178,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. confusa</emphasis>
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, on the other hand, are united on the base, forming a posteriorly bifurcated structure. The new species can be easily distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08FC0B63BFF1DF9D3" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. williamsi</emphasis>
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by having spines on the male’s hind femur, which are absent in the latter. In relation to 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08EA9B617FAB9F9D3" box="[1262,1370,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. basalis</emphasis>
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, both species can be separated by the orange or orange brown coloration on the posterior portion of the pronotum of 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF08FC0B673FF00F914" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. nieseri</emphasis>
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, and by the conspicuous yellow maculae on the forewings of 
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<emphasis id="249DEAAD3C6FFFF089B0B6AFFB81F91B" box="[1015,1122,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="63">P. basalis</emphasis>
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