Rhagovelia elegans Uhler, 1894

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 : 54-55

Rhagovelia elegans Uhler, 1894

Fig. 38A, D

Diagnosis. Member of the elegans group ( Polhemus 1997). Body length 4.4–5.8 mm; hind femur with single row of long, slender, sharp spines on posterior surface; apex of proctiger acute in both sexes, but not prolonged into spine-like process ( Polhemus 1997).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica do Córrego do Veado , Água Limpa Waterfall; −18.3672, −40.1399; 21. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , A Khila, S Viala, A Gomes leg.; 29 males, 33 females, CEIOC 27936 , 27938 • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica do Córrego do Veado , Água Limpa stream; – 18.3677, –40.1394; 20. V.2010; 1 female, UFVB • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica Córrego do Veado , stream with a small waterfall; alt. 82 m; −18.3678, −40.1398; 24. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 6 males, 10 females, CEIOC 82969 • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, stream; alt. 61 m; −19.0259, −40.2354; 27.VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 82233 .

Distribution in Brazil. AL, AM, AP, ES, MT, PA, RJ, SE.

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.