Rhagovelia tantilla Drake & Harris, 1933

Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, Springer, Monika & Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, 2015, Two new species of Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Costa Rica, with a key and new records from the country, Zootaxa 3980 (4), pp. 477-500 : 494

Rhagovelia tantilla Drake & Harris, 1933

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Previously recorded from Belize to Peru, but not specifically from Costa Rica ( Drake and Harris 1933, Bacon 1956). Reported here are the first records from Costa Rica.

Material examined. COSTA RICA: Alajuela —San Carlos, Aguas Zarcas, Altamira, Mr. Ash Stream, 100 m a.s.l., 2010, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous female. San Ramón, San Lorencito River, 10.X.1998: 1 macropterous female. Guanacaste —Hojancha, Nosara River, 850 m a.s.l., 14.IX.2003, (J. A. Vindas): 1 male with broken wings. ACG, Góngora River, under bridge, on way to Cerro Cacao Reserve, 900 m a.s.l., 5.X.1998, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female. Heredia —Sarapiquí, Tirimbina Reserve, El Uno Stream, 3.X.2005, (M. Werner): 6 apterous males, 1 apterous female. Sarapiquí, La Selva Biological Station, Trail SSE, Sábalo Stream, 50 m a.s.l., VI.1997: 1 apterous male. Limón —Braulio Carrillo National Park, Botarrama Stream, González Stream Sector, 29.I.2006: 6 apterous males, 2 apterous females; Braulio Carrillo National Park, Botarrama Stream, 9.X.2005: 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female. Matina, Brazo Seco Stream, 10.I.2012, (B. Pacheco & F. Reyes): 1 apterous male. Pococí, Guápiles, Santa Clara, 400 m a.s.l., 14.IX.2003, (S. Amador): 1 apterous male. Pococí, Guápiles, Guápiles River, 550 m a.s.l., 5.VIII.1998, (L. Q. Fernãndez): 1 apterous male. Puntarenas —Osa, Piro River, 8o24.117’ N / 83o 20.353 W, 23.V.2009, (B. Pacheco): 2 apterous females. Osa, Osa Peninsula, tributary to Sábalo Stream, bridge on road to Puerto Jimenez, under 20 m a.s.l., 27.IX.1996, (M. Springer): 2 apterous females; Osa Peninsula, Carbonera River, 250 m a.s.l., 23.XII.1996, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 3 nymphs. Zona Sur, Interamericana, Coto River, by the bridge, under 50 m a.s.l., X.1997, (G. Umaña): 1 apterous male, 3 nymphs. Golfito, Cañaza Stream, 10 m a.s.l., 16.I.1998, (M. Springer): 3 apterous males, 6 apterous females; Interamericana, Esquinas River, bridge, under 50 m a.s.l., 19.VII.1996, (G. Umaña): 1 apterous male. Buenos Aires, Longo Mai, San Juan Rive, 550 m a.s.l., 24.IX.1998, (A. Nunn): 2 apterous females. Puntarenas, Chomes, Lagarto River, 4.XI.2000, (A. Loría): 1 apterous male, 4 apterous females, 1 nymph. San José —Coronado, Cascajal, Cascajal Stream, 750 m a.s.l., 28.IX.2003, (S. Amador): 1 apterous female.

Figures

FIGURES 28 & 29. Geographical distribution of the collecting localities of Rhagovelia in Costa Rica. 28. Rhagovelia angustipes, R. danpolhemi sp. nov., R. calopa, R. spinosa, R. tenuipes, and R. tantilla. 29. R. springerae sp. nov.