Rhagovelia hambletoni Drake & Harris

Dias-Silva, Karina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Giehl, Nubia França Da Silva, Nóbrega, Caroline Correa & Cabette, Helena Soares Ramos, 2013, Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of eastern Mato Grosso State, Brazil: checklist, new records, and species distribution modeling, Zootaxa 3736 (3), pp. 201-235 : 224

Rhagovelia hambletoni Drake & Harris

Distribution in Brazil: MT!, BA, MG, MS, ES, SP, RJ.

Biological aspects: A total of 12 specimens collected on shaded streams with or without riparian vegetation have been examined.

Comments: The potential distribution of R. hambletoni ( Fig. 15 ) includes areas from the Northeast, Southeast, Central-West, and South macrorregions of Brazil, but the species has not yet been collected on the last portion of the country.

Material examined: PT 42, (1♀), [nº 2123], 19.XII.2007. PT 47, (3♂), [nº 2162], 23.IX.2007. PT 48, (1♂), [n 2279], (1♀), [n 2285], 24.V.2008. PT 40, (2♂ e 1♀), [n 2460], 18.IX.2007. PT 0 6, (3♂, 1♀), [n 3857], 18.IX.2010.

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FIGURE 15. Predicted distribution of Rhagovelia hambletoni in Brazil based on literature and collections on eastern Mato Grosso.