Rhagovelia angustipes Uhler, 1894

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 : 490

Rhagovelia angustipes Uhler, 1894

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Known distribution in Costa Rica. San José ( Hungerford 1939). Reported here are the first records from Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, and Puntarenas provinces.

Material examined. COSTA RICA: Alajuela —San Ramón, Las Musas, 2500 m a.s.l., 22.IX.2003, (J. A. Vindas): 1 apterous male, 1 nymph. Cartago —Tapantí, Orosi River, 23.X.2005, (M. Werner): 1 apterous male, 2 apterous females. Guanacaste —Palo Verde, Lomas Barbudal Corridor, Barbudal Stream, 15.I.2007, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous male. Bagaces, Lomas Barbudal, river, 300 m a.s.l., 04.X.1998, (P. Ortiz): 1 apterous male. Heredia — Sarapiquí, Puerto Viejo, La Selva Biological Station, El Surá River, under 50 m a.s.l., 27.VIII.2005, (M. Losilla): 2 apterous females. Sarapiquí, Selva Verde Lodge, Sarapiquí River, 100 m a.s.l., 30.IV.2000, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 1 macropterous male, 3 apterous females. Puntarenas —Cuenca del Térraba, Diquís Hydropower Project, Convento River, 25.II.2005, (R. Lara): 1 apterous male; Diquís Hydropower Project, Brujo River, 01.III.2006, (R. Lara): 1 apterous male; Diquís Hydropower Project, Unión River, 14.III.2005 (R. Lara): 3 apterous males; Diquís Hydropower Project, ICE Volcán River, 13.II.2006, (R. Lara): 1 apterous male, 2 apterous females. Quepos, Cañas River, 05.X.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous female. Osa, Osa Peninsula, Rincón River, under 50 m a.s.l., 20.VII.1996, (G. Umaña): 1 apterous female. Osa, Tigre River, by the bridge, 27.IX.1996, (G. Umaña): 1 apterous male. Osa, Corcovado National Park, Claro River, near Sirena, 0 m a.s.l., 24.IV.1999, (L. Stauffer): 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female. Puntarenas, Lepanto, Blanco River, Paso Tres Ríos, 350 m a.s.l., 23.I.1998: 1 apterous male, 2 macropterous males, 3 males with broken wings, 1 female with broken wings. Golfito, Cañaza Stream, bridge leaving Golfito, 0 m a.s.l., I.1997, (A. Villalobos): 1 apterous male. Golfito, tributary to Cañaza Stream, I.1997, (A. Villalobos): 8 apterous males, 3 males with broken wings, 9 apterous females. Golfito, La Gamba Stream, 2 km from Barrio Ureña, primary forest, 120 m a.s.l., I.1997: 2 apterous males, 1 apterous female. Buenos Aires, Longo Mai, Sonador River, 600 m a.s.l., 23.V.1998, (A. Nunn): 1 apterous male. Coto Brus, Las Cruces, Jaba River (Matadero), 10.X.1999, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male.

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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.