Rhagovelia zeteki Drake, 1953

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 : 28

Rhagovelia zeteki Drake, 1953

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Rhagovelia zeteki Drake, 1953: 145 .

Diagnosis. Body length: apterous male (~3.1), apterous female (~3.1), macropterous male (~3.2), macropterous female (~3.2). General color uniformly reddish-brown to black, with a small dark-yellow spot on anterior portion of pronotum. Pronotum of apterous form completely covering mesonotum. Apterous male hind trochanter with at most a single small spine. Apterous male hind femur with a single row of small spines basally and 2 regular, parallel rows of spines on apical half. Apterous male hind tibia with small pegs throughout length 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. 132). Apterous female abdomen without median carina. Macropterous female pronotum without elevated posterior projection.

Distribution. COLOMBIA: Antioquia (this work), Caldas (this work), Chocó (this work), Valle del Cauca ( Polhemus 1997, this work) ( Fig. 11B ). PANAMA ( Drake 1953).

Material examined. Antioquia: Maceo, Vereda San Antonia , Finca El Horizonte. Quebrada, 1000 m, 6°33’31.82’’ N, 74°46’05.23’’W, 21.III.2018, (F. Muñoz): 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous ( CLUA035 / CEMUA230 ) . Caldas: Norcasia, Río Manso , quebrada 1, 07.X.2016, (C. Llano): 1 ♂ apterous (UPTC-In-05616) . Chocó: Nuquí, Boca-Vieja, Bejuquillal , Coquí , Sitio 1, 22 m, 5°37’25” N, 77°19’58” W, 19.X.2017, (I. Morales & F. Molano): 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05623) . Valle del Cauca : Bajo Calima, Centro Bajo Calima, U. del Tolima, 12.XII.2017, (C. Llano): 1 ♂ apterous ( CEBUC) .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Geographic distributions in Colombia of A. Rhagovelia williamsi; B. Rhagovelia zeteki.

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).