Rhagovelia hambletoni Drake & Harris, 1933

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5393 (1), pp. 1-86 : 55-56

Rhagovelia hambletoni Drake & Harris, 1933

Fig. 38B, E

Diagnosis. Member of the hambletoni group ( Polhemus 1997). Body length 2.9–3.4 mm; middle coxa blackish; hind trochanter pale; male fore trochanter without distal spine; male hind femur with 8–9 spines on posterior surface; male abdominal laterotergites straight, gradually tapering towards apex; female hind femur with 3–5 spines on posterior surface; female abdominal laterotergites reflected over mediotergites; female abdominal mediotergites VI–VII and tergum VIII with shiny black areas centrally (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Apiacá , stream; alt. 233 m; −21.0830, −41.5431; 20. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 81850 • Aracruz, Cachoeira Grapuama ; [–19.86, –40.32]; 13. IV.2013; 1 male, UFVB • Conceição da Barra , stream; alt. 18 m; −18.4327, −40.0152; 22. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 2 males, 1 female, CEIOC 82979 • Ecoporanga , stream; alt. 510 m; −18.3578, −40.8824; 21. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 8 males, 5 females, CEIOC 82972 • Guarapari, Buenos Aires Waterfall ; alt. 283 m; −20.5878, −40.5560; 24. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 81851 • Montanha , river; alt. 64 m; −18.1323, −40.1030; 22. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82974 • Muniz Freire, Norte River ; alt. 509 m; −20.3798, −41.4051; 23. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 2 males, 1 female, CEIOC 81852 • Pancas, Sandy stream; alt. 153 m; −19.0989, −40.8129; 24. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 4 males, 6 females, CEIOC 82234 • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica Córrego do Veado ; alt. 74 m; −18.3713, −40.1416; 24. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 9 males, 20 females, CEIOC 82975 .— Minas Gerais • Divinópolis, Trindade Waterfall ; −20.2594, −44.9158; 02. V.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 1 male, 7 females, CEIOC 28805 • Pimenta , stream in farm; −20.6003, −45.8150; 30. IV.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 3 males, 3 females, CEIOC 27996 .— Rio de Janeiro • Itaocara, Paraíba do Sul River ; −21.6557, −42.0633; 31. VII.2016; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, OM Magalhães leg.; 37 males, 42 females, CEIOC 36509 • Santa Maria Madalena, entrada para Terras Frias , Ribeirão Santíssimo; −21.9388, −41.9586; 12. IV.2016, LL Dumas, JL Nessimian, CS Portela , JF Barbosa leg.; 6 female, CEIOC 81875 • Silva Jardim, Aldeia Velha River ; −22.4947, −42.2662; 23. III.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 4 males, 4 females, CEIOC 27989 • Same except Andorinhas Waterfall ; −22.4342, −42.2933; 25. III.2015; 1 male, CEIOC 28814 .

Distribution in Brazil. BA, ES, MA, MG, MS, MT, PA, RJ, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 38. Collected specimens (A–C), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (D–F). A. Rhagovelia elegans, apterous male from Pinheiros, Espírito Santo (−18.3672, −40.1399). B. Rhagovelia hambletoni, apterous male from Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4947, −42.2662). C. Rhagovelia itatiaiana, apterous male from Rio de Janeiro, RJ (−22.9675, −43.4453). D. Rhagovelia elegans. E. Rhagovelia hambletoni. F. Rhagovelia itatiaiana. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records. Scale bars: 2 mm.