Paravelia lanemeloi Moreira & Barbosa, 2012

Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe F. F., Nieser, Nico, Chen, Ping Ping, Melo, Alan L., Dias-Silva, Karina & Giehl, Nubia F. S., 2014, The genus Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) in Brazil, with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 3784 (1), pp. 1-47 : 31-32

Paravelia lanemeloi Moreira & Barbosa, 2012

( Figs 16 I, 17B)

Paravelia lanemeloi Moreira & Barbosa, 2012: 59 . [Original description]

Diagnosis. Male. BL 4.95–5.10, PW 2.03. Female. BL 5.15, PW 2.04–2.05. General body color dark brown; trochanters, basal half of femora, and exposed portion of connexives yellowish. Venter of head, central region of abdominal sternites II–VI, and posterolateral margins of sternite VII with small black denticles. Forewing with a basal oval white macula, not touching humeral angle and ending adjacent to posterior margin of pronotum; at apex another oval white macula, slightly smaller than basal macula ( Fig. 17 B). Male proctiger without dorsal projections. Paramere elongated, curved on basal half, with a small notch on dorsal surface near base, and rounded apex ( Fig. 16 I).

Discussion. This species was recently described based on the macropterous form, collected in regions above 1.000 m a.s.l of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in the Espinhaço mountain range.

Type material examined. Paratypes: Brazil, Minas Gerais: 1 macropterous male, 2 macropterous females ( DZRJ), Santana do Riacho, Alto do Palácio, temporary pool, 1.300–1.400 m a.s.l., 17.I.2009, (D. Takiya). Additional material examined. Brazil, Minas Gerais: 1 macropterous female ( DPIC), Serra do Cipó, Cardeal Mota, Travessão, 11.X.1998, (G.J.C. Vianna).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Lateral view of genital capsule of male, (A) Paravelia bullialata, (B) P. capillata, (C) apex of paramere of P. capillata in frontal view, (D) P. capixaba, (E) P. conata, (F) P. dilatata, (G) P. foveata, (H) P. itatiayana, (I) P. lanemeloi.

FIGURE 17. Dorsal view, (A) Paravelia foveata, (B) P. lanemeloi (paratype), (C) P. manausana, (D) P. nieseri (holotype).