New species, synonymies and records in the genus Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia

Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra; Mondragón-F., Silvia Patricia; Morales, Irina; Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo

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“…The last two species are endemic to the Greater Antilles (Cuba and Dominican Republic), while the other five are restricted to south-eastern and southern Brazil ( Polhemus 1997 , Padilla-Gil and Moreira 2013 , Moreira 2023 ). Additionally, Padilla-Gil 2012 and Padilla-Gil 2019 described the two Colombian species R. candelilla Padilla-Gil, 2012 and R. mallama Padilla-Gil, 2019, but considering the general distribution of the group and the issues related to species described by the author in question (see Galindo-Malagón et al (2021) , Galindo-Malagón et al (2022) for details), this assignment and even the validity of such species need to be verified.…”

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New species, new records and key to the species of the Rhagovelia itatiaiana group (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) from Brazil

Magalhães¹,

Floriano²,

Moreira³

2023

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Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae), known as riffle bugs, includes more than 400 species and is commonly found in tropical lotic environments, including coastal marine habitats, such as mangroves and estuaries. Due to the elevated number of species, the fauna from the Americas has been divided into several groups, which facilitates taxonomic studies. Amongst them, the itatiana group currently includes two species from the Greater Antilles and five from south-eastern and southern Brazil. Despite the many taxonomic studies developed during the past few decades, new species of Rhagovelia are still being discovered in several areas of the continent, including the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. Rhagovelia bispoi sp. n. is described, illustrated and compared with similar congeners. The new species belongs to the itatiaiana group and can be diagnosed by the uniformly black mesonotum, the presence of a tuft of setae medially on male abdominal sternum VII, the armature of the male hind femur and the distinctive shape of the paramere. In addition, we present new records of R. trepida Bacon, 1948 from the States of Paraná and Santa Catarina and a key to the species of the itatiaiana group recorded from Brazil.

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New species, new records and key to the species of the Rhagovelia itatiaiana group (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) from Brazil

Magalhães¹,

Floriano²,

Moreira³

2023

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Family Veliidae Brullé, 1836

Ghahari,

Polhemus,

Damgaard

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True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Middle-East

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A new species and updates on the Rhagovelia angustipes complex (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) in Colombia

GALINDO-MALAGÓN,

MORALES,

MOREIRA

2023

Zootaxa

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Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) is a diverse genus of small to medium-sized true bugs that live on the surface of the water, preferentially in lotic environments with moderate to strong current. The Rhagovelia angustipes species complex is particularly speciose in Colombia, and has recently been the subject of a revision. Nonetheless, new species of the complex are still being discovered in the country. We present here the description of Rhagovelia andradei sp. nov., collected on the eastern Colombian Andes, new records for three other species, R. calceola, R. gastrotricha and R. molanoi, an updated key, and a summary of the distribution of the complex in the country.

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New species, synonymies and records in the genus Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia

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New species, new records and key to the species of the Rhagovelia itatiaiana group (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) from Brazil

New species, new records and key to the species of the Rhagovelia itatiaiana group (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) from Brazil

Family Veliidae Brullé, 1836

A new species and updates on the Rhagovelia angustipes complex (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) in Colombia

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