Rhagovelia trianguloides Nieser and Polhemus, 1997

Moreira, F. F. F., Nessimian, J. L., Rúdio, J. A. & Salles, F. F., 2010, New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), Journal of Natural History 44 (45 - 46), pp. 2761-2801 : 2797

Rhagovelia trianguloides Nieser and Polhemus, 1997

Rhagovelia trianguloides was known only from certain localities on Minas Gerais ( Nieser and Melo 1997), and is now recorded for the first time from Espírito Santo State.

Examined material

Brazil: Espírito Santo – Santa Teresa, Nova Lombardia , Capitel de Santo Antônio Córrego Grande, Cachoeira Grande [19 ◦ 52 ′ 30.8 ′′ S, 40 ◦ 31 ′ 56.6 ′′ W, 712 m asl], 25 October 2008, (J.A. Rúdio and F.F. Salles): 3 apterous males; 19–20 February 2009: 14 apterous males, 10 apterous females. Santa Teresa, Nova Lombardia , Capitel de Santo Antônio, Córrego Grande (área aberta) [19 ◦ 52 ′ 31.0 ′′ S, 40 ◦ 31 ′ 49.1 ′′ W, 768 m asl], 25 October 2008, (J.A. Rúdio and F.F. Salles): 2 macropterous males, 1 macropterous female; 18 February 2009: 12 apterous males, 6 apterous females. Santa Teresa, Nova Lombardia , Capitel de Santo Antônio, Córrego Grande (área fechada) [19 ◦ 52 ′ 31.0 ′′ S, 40 ◦ 31 ′ 49.1 ′′ W, 768 m], 25 October 2008, (J.A. Rúdio and F.F. Salles): 1 apterous male, 1 macropterous female. Santa Teresa, Nova Lombardia , poção [19 ◦ 52 ′ 30.9 ′′ S, 40 ◦ 32 ′ 07.4 ′′ W, 739 m asl], 26 September 2008, (J.A. Rúdio and F.F. Salles): 2 apterous males, 6 apterous females .