Rhagovelia whitei (Breddin)

Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Franco, Cleilton Lima & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Description of a new species and new records of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera Heteroptera: Veliidae) from northern and northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5296 (2), pp. 250-264 : 262

Rhagovelia whitei (Breddin)

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Neovelia whitei Breddin, 1898 : Jahr. Nat. Ver. Magdeburg. 162–163.

Rhagovelia whitei: Kirkaldy, 1901 , Entomol. 34: 309.

New records. BRAZIL — Bahia • Mucugê, Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Cachoeira das Andorinhas; - 13.0174°, -41.3441°; 965 m a.s.l.; 21.VIII.2018; J.M.S. Rodrigues & F.F.F. Moreira leg.; 4 males, 4 females, CEIOC 82263 • Mucugê, Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina , rio próximo ao mirante do Cachoeir ã o; -12.8110°, -41.4429°; 1191 m a.s.l.; 10. V.2021; J.M.S. Rodrigues leg.; 4 males, 6 females, CEIOC 82265 • Mucugê, Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Rio Preto ; -12,7978°, -41.4835°; 1249 m a.s.l.; 10. V.2021; J.M.S. Rodrigues leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 82264 .

Geographic distribution. Brazil, Paraguay.

Distribution in Brazil. PA, MT, GO, MS, BA*, MG, SP.

Remarks. Previous records of this species from northeastern Brazil ( Moreira & Campos 2012; Cordeiro & Moreira, 2015; Takiya et al. 2016; Rodrigues et al. 2021) actually refer to R. humboldti .

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FIGURE 11. Rhagovelia whitei (Breddin, 1898) A. Apterous male from Mucugê, state of Bahia (-12.8110°, -41.4429°). Scale bar: 2 mm. B. Geographic distribution. Pink circles show previous records, purple stars show new records.