Rhagovelia castanea Gould, 1931

Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra, Mondragón-F, Silvia Patricia, Morales, Irina & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2022, New species, synonymies and records in the genus Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 5087 (1), pp. 1-34 : 22-24

Rhagovelia castanea Gould, 1931

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Rhagovelia castanea Gould, 1931:19

Diagnosis. Body length: apterous male (~4.2), apterous female (~4.4). General color orange-brown. Pronotum of apterous form completely covering mesonotum. Male proepisternum without minute black denticles.Apterous male hind trochanter with 4–5 small spines and a larger spine. Apterous male hind femur swollen, with a relatively poorly organized set of spine rows. Apterous male hind tibia with obtuse pegs throughout length, a larger preapical spine, and a straight apical spur. Posterolateral margins of male abdominal segment VII surrounding genital cavity without black denticles. Male paramere as in Polhemus (1997: 185, fig. 138). Apterous female abdomen without median carina. Macropterous female pronotum without elevated posterior projection.

Distribution. COLOMBIA: Caquetá (this work), Putumayo (this work), Meta ( Aristizábal-García 2017), Vaupés (this work) ( Fig. 9A ). ECUADOR ( Gould 1931). VENEZUELA ( Polhemus 1997).

Material examined. Caquetá: El Paujil, Vereda La Sonora, 1217 m, 1°35.769’ N, 75°22.37’ W, 03.VII.2010, (C. Flórez & V. Sánchez): 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05947). El Paujil, Vereda La Sonora, 1217 m, 1°35.769’ N, 75°22.37’ W, 21.XI.2017, (C. Flórez & V. Sánchez): 2 ♂ apterous, 3 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05948) . Putumayo: Villagarzón, Vereda Alto del Tigre, Quebrada del Chuquio , RBS, 723 m, 03.VII.2010, (N. Tórres): 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05946) . Vaupés: Mitú, Comunidad Indígena Acaricuara, Caño Paca , 16.XI.2008, ( R. Pedroza): 2 ♂ apterous (UPTC-In-05563). Mitú , Comunidad Indígena Acaricuara , 23.VIII.2008, ( R. Pedroza): 2 ♂ apterous, 2 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05565) .

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FIGURE 9. Geographic distributions in Colombia of A. Rhagovelia castanea; B. Rhagovelia sinuata.

FIGURE 13. Specimens of the genus Rhagovelia recorded from Colombia, dorsal view: A. R. cali (apterous male); B. R. malkini (macropterous female); C. R. perija (apterous male); D. R. femoralis (apterous male); E. R. castanea (apterous male); F. R. sinuata (apterous male).