Rhagovelia mindoroensis Zettel, 1994

Pelingen, Arthien Lovell, Zettel, Herbert, Pangantihon, Clister V, Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique, Fatallo, Earl Kevin, de Leon, Jemillie Madonna & Freitag, Hendrik, 2020, Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera), Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 56883-56883 : 56883

Rhagovelia mindoroensis Zettel, 1994

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2 males (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Rhagoveliamindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Puerto Galera; locationRemarks: 304b; Event: eventDate: 24.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Rhagoveliamindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HR3e; Event: eventDate: 19.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2 males; Taxon: scientificName: Rhagoveliamindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TDR1y; Event: eventDate: 23.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Rhagoveliamindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TDR4y; Event: eventDate: 04.07.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Rhagoveliamindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: THCy; Event: eventDate: 29.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1 female (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Rhagoveliamindoroensis; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: TWCt; Event: eventDate: 25.06.2017

Distribution

Rhagovelia mindoroensis (Fig. 6 G) is an endemic species in Mindoro ( Zettel 1994). See Fig. 8 for our additional records.

Taxon discussion

For identification, see Zettel (1994).

Habitat

Rhagovelia mindoroensis Zettel, 1994 (see Zettel 1994) is usually found in secondary forests and in anthropogenic terrains close to the coast. They particularly inhabit still waters sections of streams ( Zettel 1994). We also found it in small side pools of medium-sized rivers and creeks. The collection at site TDR4 (Fig. 2 C) at 700 m altitude is surprising.

Figures

Figure 2. Sampling sites at the Baroc River basin (Roxas, southern Mindoro). A. lower Baroc River (BR 3); B. Hinundungan River from Hinagdanan Falls (HR 2); C. upper Taugad Daka River (TDR 4); D. small tributary of the Taugad River (TUC).

Figure 6. Selected habitus illustrations of Gerromorpha of Mindoro A. Hebrus sp.; B. Mesovelia vittigera; C. Hydrometra mindoroensis; D. Microvelia douglasi; E. Pseudovelia cf. curvata; F. Strongylovelia mindoroensis; G. Rhagovelia mindoroensis; H. Rhagovelia raddai. Scale bars 1 mm.

Figure 8. Distribution of the collecting sites of Gerromorpha material (part 2) treated in this study.