Rhagovelia brunae Magalhães & Moreira, 2016

Canejo, Rafael P. R., Melo, Alan Lane De & Rodrigues, Higor D. D., 2023, Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, including a new synonymy, Zootaxa 5357 (2), pp. 151-185 : 175

Rhagovelia brunae Magalhães & Moreira, 2016

( Figs. 16A–C , 18B )

Rhagovelia brunae Magalh „es & Moreira in Magalh„es et al. 2016: 587–590 (original description).

Identification. Our specimens were identified based on the pronotum long, completely covering the mesonotum ( Figs. 16A, C ); the male hind trochanter bearing small black spines and a larger apical spine; the male hind tibia with the proximal third containing short spines, the last one being longer than the others, and the distal 2/3 with two decreasing, parallel rows of spines, the dorsalmost row with 7–9 spines and the ventralmost row with 3–4 spines ( Figs. 16A–B ); and patches of small black denticles on the sides of male abdominal segment VII (Magalh„es et al. 2016, 2019).

Material examined. All specimens apterous. BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Norte: Natal, ponte no Rio Pitimbu , 5°55’00.7”S, 35°11’54.0”W, 20-X-2016, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♂, 6♀ CEAAVF) ; same data, except 04-III-2018 (4♂, 8♀) ; same data, except 21-IV-2022 (2♂, 5♀ CEAAVF) ; Natal, Rio Pitimbu - BR101 , 5°52’48.1”S, 35°13’32.6”W, 22-XII-2019, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (2♂, 1♀ CEAAVF) ; Parnamirim, Riacho Taborda, 5°57’14.3”S, 35°09’41.7”W, 20-IX-2019, R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (1♀ CEAAVF) .

Figures

FIGURE 16. Species of Rhagovelia from state of Rio Grande do Norte. (A–C) Rhagovelia brunae, (A) dorsal and (B) ventral views of apterous male, (C) dorsal view of apterous female. (D–F) Rhagovelia tenuipes, (D) dorsal and (E) ventral views of apterous male, (F) dorsal view of apterous female. Scale bars = 1.00 mm.

FIGURE 18. (A–B) Distribution records for species of Gerromorpha in state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil.