Altavelia boliviana ( Breddin, 1898 )

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 : 303

Altavelia boliviana ( Breddin, 1898) (new combination)

( Figs. 6A , 7 )

Paravelia boliviana Breddin, 1898: 12 .

Lelia boliviana: Hungerford 1930: 120 .

Paravelia boliviana: J. Polhemus 1976: 512 .

Material examined. All specimens apterous. 4 ♂, 1♀ (BYU): ‘ Bolivia, La Paz \ Nor Yungas Prov, Balconillo de San Juan\ 2350 m. \ 16.27°S, 67.79°W \ 5 May 2006 \M. Clark’.

Comments. Distributional records for this species from Peru and Bolivia were provided by D. Polhemus (2014), Rodrigues et al. (2014b) and Rodrigues & Moreira (2016a). Illustrations of the male terminalia were provided by Rodrigues & Moreira (2016a: 656, figures 36–40). The record above expands the known range of this species in Bolivia ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

FIGURE 6. A. Altavelia boliviana, male, dorsal view. B. Altavelia boliviana, female, apex of abdomen, left posterolateral view. C. Altavelia columbiensis, male, dorsal view. D. Altavelia columbiensis, male, lateral view.

FIGURE 7. Distribution of Altavelia boliviana, A. columbiensis, and A. daza.