Rhagovelia zela Drake

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 : 229

Rhagovelia zela Drake

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

Biological aspects: A total of 15 individuals have been collected on 1st to 4th order streams in environments ranging from well-preserved to altered by pasture.

Comments: The previous known geographical distribution of this species included portions of the South and Southeast, being herein expanded to the Central-West ( Fig. 19 ). It has so far been recorded from Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes.

Material examined: PT 36, (3♂, 2♀), [nº 2467], 18.IX.2007. PT 28, (2♂, 2♀), [nº 2477], 06.VIII.2007. PT 33, (6♀), [nº 2919], 17.I.2008.

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FIGURE 19. Predicted distribution of Rhagovelia zela in Brazil based on literature and collections on eastern Mato Grosso.