Rhagovelia teresa Moreira, Nessimian & Rúdio, 2010

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 : 65

Rhagovelia teresa Moreira, Nessimian & Rúdio, 2010

Figs. 44C, D , 45C

Diagnosis. Member of the hirtipes group ( Polhemus 1997). Body length 3.5–4.1 mm; general color uniformly orange-brown; male abdominal sternum VII without tubercles; spines on male hind trochanter not organized in rows; male hind femur with 6–10 spines on proximal third of posterior surface; male abdominal mediotergite VII without shiny triangular mark; female hind femur with spines on posterior surface; female abdominal mediotergites III and IV with lateral setae (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Santa Teresa, Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi, Piraquê-Açu River; alt. 808 m; −19.8805, −40.5405; 22. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 2 males, CEIOC 82243 • Same except weir and stream; alt. 834 m; −19.8967, −40.5236; 22. VI.2022; 6 males, 5 females, CEIOC 82244 • Same except stream near the headquarter; alt. 838 m; −19.9111, −40.5544; 22. VI.2022; 11 males, 13 females, CEIOC 82245 .

Distribution in Brazil. ES, MG.

Figures

FIGURE 44. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Veliidae. A. Rhagovelia sooretama, apterous male from Sooretama, Espírito Santo (−19.0269, −40.2276). B. Rhagovelia tenuipes, apterous male from Sooretama, Espírito Santo (−19.0269, −40.2276). C, D. Rhagovelia teresa, apterous male and female, respectively, from Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo (−19.8967, −40.5236). Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 45. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Rhagovelia sooretama. B. Rhagovelia tenuipes. C. Rhagovelia teresa. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.