Rhagovelia sinuata Gould, 1931

Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra, Mondragón-F, Silvia Patricia, Morales, Irina & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2022, New species, synonymies and records in the genus Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 5087 (1), pp. 1-34 : 24

Rhagovelia sinuata Gould, 1931

( Fig. 9B , 13F )

Rhagovelia sinuata Gould, 1931: 42

Diagnosis. Body length: apterous male (~4.2), apterous female (~4.5), macropterous male (~4.1), macropterous female (~4.4). General color orange-brown. Pronotum of apterous form completely covering mesonotum. Male jugum and proepisternum with numerous minute, black denticles. Male mesosternum without black denticles laterally.Apterous male hind trochanter with 2–4 small subequal spines.Apterous male hind femur with dorsal spine row containing two spines of much larger size than the others separated by 4–5 smaller spines. Apterous male hind tibia straight, with small pegs throughout length and a straight apical spur. Posterolateral margins of male abdominal segment VII surrounding genital cavity without black denticles. Male paramere as in Polhemus (1997:185, fig. 141). Apterous female abdomen without median carina. Macropterous female pronotum without elevated posterior projection.

Distribution. COLOMBIA: Caquetá (this work), Meta ( Polhemus 1997, this work), Norte de Santander (this work) ( Fig. 9B ). ECUADOR ( Gould 1931). PERU ( Bacon 1956). VENEZUELA ( Polhemus 1997).

Material examined. Caquetá: El Paujil, Vereda La Sonora, 1217 m, 1°35.769’ N, 75°22.370’ W, 25.XI.2017, (C. Flórez & V. Sánchez): 1 ♂ macropterous, 27 ♂ apterous, 38 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05862). El Paujil, Vereda La Cristalina , 665 m, 1°34.699’ N, 75°22.300’ W, 25.XI.2017, (C. Flórez & V. Sánchez): 1 ♂ apterous (UPTC-In-05863) . Meta: Villavicencio, Jardín Botánico , 650 m, 4°9’00” N, 73°39’20” W, 29.III.2011 (M. Loaiza): 2 ♂ macropterous, 1 ♂ apterous, 4 ♀ macropterous, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05865) . Norte de Santander: Asiria, Belén , 20.IV.2019, (A. Lopera): 1 ♂ macropterous, 1 ♂ apterous, 2 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05878) .

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FIGURE 9. Geographic distributions in Colombia of A. Rhagovelia castanea; B. Rhagovelia sinuata.

FIGURE 13. Specimens of the genus Rhagovelia recorded from Colombia, dorsal view: A. R. cali (apterous male); B. R. malkini (macropterous female); C. R. perija (apterous male); D. R. femoralis (apterous male); E. R. castanea (apterous male); F. R. sinuata (apterous male).