Altavelia osborniana (Kirkaldy, 1909)

Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, 2019, Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 4585 (2), pp. 295-314 : 308

Altavelia osborniana (Kirkaldy, 1909) (new combination)

( Figs. 4 N–O, 9D, 10)

Lelia brunnea Osborn, 1904: 204 (preoccupied by Lelia brunnea Horváth, 1898: 153 ).

Lelia osborniana Kirkaldy, 1909: 31 (new name for Lelia brunnea Osborn ).

Paravelia osborniana: J. Polhemus 1976: 512 .

Material examined. 1♀ macropterous (USNM) ‘ PERU: 50 mi. \ S. Tingo Maria,\ Carpish Creet\ XII-28-1954 ’ ‘ Velia \ osborniana \ Det. J. T. Polhemus’ ‘E.I.Schlinger\ & E. S. Ross\ collectors’.

Comments. A discussion of the nomenclatural history of this species and records from Peru and Bolivia were provided by D. Polhemus (2014).

Figures

FIGURE 4. A. Altavelia altoandina, male proctiger, dorsal view. B. Altavelia antioquia, male proctiger, dorsal view. C. Altavelia columbiensis, male proctiger, dorsal view. D. Altavelia flavomarginata, male proctiger, dorsal view. E. Altavelia montana, male proctiger, dorsal view. F. Altavelia altoandina, paramere. G. Altavelia antioquia, paramere. H. Altavelia columbiensis, paramere. I. Altavelia daza, paramere. J. Altavelia flavomarginata, paramere. K. Altavelia montana, paramere. L. Altavelia inveruglas, male proctiger, dorsal view. M. Altavelia inveruglas, paramere. N. Altavelia osborniana, male proctiger, dorsal view. O. Altavelia osborniana, paramere.