Rhagovelia venezuelana Polhemus, 1997

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 : 26

Rhagovelia venezuelana Polhemus, 1997

( Fig. 10B , 14B )

Rhagovelia venezuelana Polhemus, 1997:175–179

Diagnosis. Body length: apterous male (~4.6), apterous female (~4.6), macropterous male (~4.7), macropterous female (~4.8). General color dark orange-brown, with anterior band of pronotum lighter-yellowish to orangebrown. Pronotum of apterous form completely covering mesonotum. Minute black denticles present on male jugum, proepisternum, meso- and metasterna, and centrally on abdominal sterna. Apterous male hind trochanter with 5 small subequal spines. Apterous male hind tibia weakly recurved and S-shaped, cylindrical, with small black pegs increasing in size distally, with final four pegs smaller than those immediately preceding, 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. 146). Apterous female abdomen without median carina. Macropterous female pronotum without elevated posterior projection.

Distribution. COLOMBIA: Casanare (this work), Cundinamarca (this work), Meta ( Polhemus 1997, this work), Santander (this work) ( Fig. 10B ). PANAMA ( Polhemus 1997). VENEZUELA ( Polhemus 1997).

Material examined. Casanare: Sabanalarga, Vereda Agua Clara, 1089 m, 4°51’36.98” N, 72°59’24.00” W, 17.XI.2017, (D. Martínez): 10 ♂ macropterous, 6 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ macropterous, 13 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In- 05618). Sabanalarga, Vereda Agua Clara , 1021 m, 4°51’36.98” N, 72°59’15.71” W, XI.2017, (D. Martínez): 5 ♂ macropterous, 1 ♂ apterous, 3 ♀ macropterous, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05619) . Cundinamarca: Choachi, Cerca de Termales Santa Mónica , 1807 m, 4°32’55.5” N, 73°55’04.1” W, 15.X.2016, (F. Molano): 2 ♂ apterous (UPTC-In-05569) . Meta: Mesetas, Q. N. N Vereda La Reforma , 22.IX.2016, (N. Tórres): 1 ♂ apterous, 5 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05568) . Santander: Guayacanal, P 9, 17.II.2015, (N. Tórres): 4 ♂ macropterous, 26 ♂ apterous, 27 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05572) .

Figures

FIGURE 10. Geographic distributions in Colombia of A. Rhagovelia trailii and R. rubra; B. Rhagovelia venezuelana.

FIGURE 14. Specimens of the genus Rhagovelia recorded from Colombia, dorsal view: A. R. trailii (apterous male); B. R. venezuelana (apterous male); C. R. williamsi (apterous male); D. R. zeteki (apterous male); E. R. gaigei (apterous male).