Paravelia bullialata Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984

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 : 24

Paravelia bullialata Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984

( Figs 14 A, 16A)

Paravelia bullialata Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984a: 342 . [Original description] Paravelia bullialata: Pereira & Melo 2007 , 645. [New records]

Paravelia bullialata: Moreira et al. 2011b , 20. [Checklist]

Paravelia bullialata: Heckman 2011 , 234. [Identification key]

Paravelia bullialata: Rodrigues et al. 2012 , 911. [New records]

Diagnosis. Male. BL 4.00, PW 1.32. Female. BL 3.52, PW 1.32 mm. General body color brown to orange brown; antennae and legs yellowish brown, with brown areas. Pronotum with irregular pruinose areas between anterior and posterior lobes, and another stripe adjacent to apex of posterior lobe ( Fig. 14 A). Forewing with a structure similar to bubble-sacs, starting from humeral angle and slightly passing posterior margin of pronotum; medially with four irregular whitish areas; at apex with a large irregular yellowish white area ( Fig. 14 A). Male proctiger without projections, at most with a slight anterior elevation. Paramere elongated, slightly curved centrally, with rounded apex ( Fig. 16 A).

Discussion. Known only from the macropterous form, being easily identified by the unique structure on the base of forewings, similar to a bubble-sac with eight transverse sections ( Fig. 14 A).

Material examined. Brazil, Amazonas: 1 macropterous male, 1 macropterous female ( INPA), Careiro da Várzea, Ramal do Cobra, unnamed stream, 21.VI.2011, (H.D.D. Rodrigues & A.M.O. Pes); 1 macropterous male ( DPIC), Presidente Figueiredo, BR-174, Km 110, Igarapé Camarão, 01º01’05”S / 60º02’02”W, (D.L.V. Pereira); 3 macropterous females ( DPIC), Presidente Figueiredo, Igarapé Maroca, 02º00’58”S / 59º51’33”W, 11.X.2002, (D.L.V. Pereira); 3 macropterous males, 5 macropterous females ( INPA), Presidente Figueiredo, Maroca Waterfall, 02°01’S / 59°49’W, 18.VIII.2011, (H.D.D. Rodrigues).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Dorsal view, (A) Paravelia bullialata, (B) P. capillata, (C) P. capixaba (macropterous), (D) P. capixaba (apterous).

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.