Rhagovelia

Padilla-Gil, Dora N., 2011, A new Rhagovelia in the armata group from Colombia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae), Zootaxa 2784, pp. 33-38 : 37

Key to species of Rhagovelia in the armata group from Colombia

1 Male, hind tibia with one longitudinal row of spines.......................................................... 2

- Male, hind tibia with two longitudinal rows of spines......................................................... 3

2 Male length 4.7, maximum width 1.40, and hind tibia with a longitudinal row of 25 teeth. Female, basal portion of middle femur strongly flattened and concave ventrally; tergite VIII bearing black setae on posterolateral margins. Male paramere characteristic (Fig. 12)...................................................................... R. cauca Polhemus

- Male length 6.9, with maximum width 2.00, and hind tibia with a longitudinal row of ~21 teeth. Female, basal portion of middle femur not flattened and concave ventrally; tergite VIII bearing yellow setae on the posterior margin. Male paramere characteristic (Fig. 13)...................................................................... R. huila Padilla-Gil

3 Female abdominal tergite VII lacking a thick tuft of long black setae centrally..................................... 4

- Female abdominal tergite VII bearing a thick tuft of long black setae centrally..................................... 5

4 Male length 5.5, maximum width 1.62 and hind tibia with two longitudinal rows of 15 teeth. Female convergent connexiva over posterior margin of abdominal tergite VII and base of tergite VIII, lateral margins of tergite VIII without long black setae; male paramere characteristic (Fig. 11)................................................... R. macarena Polhemus

- Male length 5.4, maximum width 1.55 and hind tibia with two longitudinal rows of 25 and 7 teeth respectively. Female connexiva slightly convergent over posterior margin of abdominal tergite VII, lateral margins of tergite VIII with long black setae; male paramere characteristic (Fig. 14)..................................................... R. malkini Polhemus

5 Male length 5.2, maximum width 1.45, and hind tibia with two longitudinal rows of ~ 20 teeth. Female, tergite VIII bearing slender setae on posterolateral angles. Male paramere characteristic (Fig. 15)....................... R. perija Polhemus

- Male length ≥ 6.0–7.0, maximum width ≥ 1.68, and hind tibia with two longitudinal rows having the ventral with irregular number of teeth. Female, tergite VIII with change according to the species. Male paramere characteristic by species....... 6

6 Male length 6.0, maximum width 1.68; hind tibia with two longitudinal rows of spines showing 22 and 6 teeth respectively. Male paramere characteristic ( Fig. 2 ). Female, tergite VIII bearing long setae on posterior lateral margin.................................................................................................. R. quilichaensis sp.nov.

- Male length ≥ 6.9, maximum width ≥ 1.8; hind tibia, two longitudinal row of spines characteristic by species. Female, tergite VIII with or lack setae. Male paramere characteristic by species (Figs. 16, 17)..................................... 7

7 Male length 7.0, maximum width 2.0, and hind tibia with two longitudinal rows of spines, 21 and 8−10 teeth respectively. Female, abdominal tergite VIII lacking a tuft of long black setae on posterior margin. Male paramere characteristic (Fig. 16)..................................................................................... R. azulita Padilla-Gil

- Male length 6.9, maximum width 1.8. Male hind tibia with two longitudinal rows of spines, 15 and 13 teeth respectively. Female, abdominal tergite VIII bearing tuft of long black setae on posterior margin. Male paramere characteristic (Fig. 17)...................................................................................... R. oporapa Padilla-Gil

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6 Structural details of Rhagovelia quilichaensis sp. nov. 1 – 3 male, 1 hind tibiae, 2 paramere, 3 proctiger; 4 – 6 female, 4 dorsal habitus (legs omitted), 5 abdomen, lateral view, 6 middle femur, ventro-lateral view.