Rhagovelia tenuipes Champion, 1898

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Nery, Leticia, Rodrigues, Higor D. D. & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Survey of the semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 103-159 : 140-141

Rhagovelia tenuipes Champion, 1898

( Figs 95 , 97 )

Geographical distribution: Belize ( Drake & Harris 1935b), Brazil ( Bacon 1956), Cayman Islands ( Hungerford 1940), Colombia ( Bacon 1956), Costa Rica ( Hungerford 1939), Ecuador ( Gould 1931), Guatemala ( Drake & Harris 1935b), Honduras ( Drake & Harris 1927), Mexico ( Champion 1898), Nicaragua ( University of California, Berkeley 2009), Peru ( Drake & Harris 1935b), Trinidad & Tobago ( Hynes 1948), Venezuela ( Hungerford 1944).

Distribution in Brazil: AL*, AM ( Pereira & Melo 2007; Lopes et al. 2008), ES ( Moreira et al. 2010; Crumière et al. 2019), MG ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004; Pelli et al. 2006; Souza et al. 2006), MS ( Floriano et al. 2013), MT ( Dias-Silva et al. 2013; Giehl et al. 2018; Dias-Silva et al. 2020), PA ( Bacon 1956), RJ (Moreira & Ribeiro 2009; Moreira et al. 2012), RR ( Rodrigues et al. 2012), SE *, SP (Moreira & Barbosa 2011; Castanhole et al. 2013; Pereira et al. 2015).

Material examined: BRAZIL • Alagoas • 6 males, 4 females, 1 nymph; Murici , EEM; -9.253980, -35.801040; 28 Apr. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79668 . • 5 males, 8 females, 1 nymph; same data, except: -9.237870, -35.864060; CEIOC 79671 . • 4 males, 5 females, 6 nymphs; same data, except: -9.227060, -35.871980; CEIOC 79672 . • 19 males, 18 females, 17 nymphs; Murici, EEM, Vale Socorró, Cachoeira do Socorró ; -9.698720, -36.584450; alt. 361 m; 22 May 2019; J.M.S. Rodrigues, W. Sousa & F.F.F. Moreira col.; CEIOC 79796 . • 2 males; Quebrangulo, RBPT , Sítio Juliana , rio; -9.234030, -36.448860; 05 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79673 . • 3 males, 3 females; same data, except: - 9.236680, -36.449380; CEIOC 79674 . • 2 males, 1 female; same data, except: Rio Cafuringa , parte alta; -9.245200, -36.421710; CEIOC 79675 . • 6 males, 1 nymph; Taquarana, Coité do Noá , queda d´água; -9.672300, -36.498710; 06 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79678 . • 7 males, 43 females; Viçosa, Fazenda Baixa Funda ; -9.324022, -36.282647; alt. 284 m; 14 Sep. 2017; L-0001; H. Rodrigues & K. Paresque col.; MZUSP . • 5 males, 6 females, 5 nymphs; Viçosa, Cachoeira do Anel ; -9.3174619, -36.2943674; alt. 333 m; 21 May 2019; J.M.S. Rodrigues, H. Rodrigues, W. Sousa & F.F.F. Moreira col.; CEIOC 79794 . • 13 males, 8 females, 3 nymphs; same data, except: Fazenda Baixa Funda , riacho; -9.3242712, -36.2829933; CEIOC 79795 . • Sergipe • 2 males, 1 female; Areia Branca, PNSI, Riacho Negro ; -10.747540, -37.340150; 08 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79677 . • 6 males, 2 females, 4 nymphs; Japoatã, Estrada SE-335; - 10.367910, -36.807400; 03 May 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79676 . • 3 males, 3 females, 2 nymphs; São Cristóvão, Rio Pitanga ; -10.963260, -37.166270; 04 May 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79669 . • 8 males, 3 females; same data, except: Estrada Rita Cacete ; -10.985110, -37.286830; CEIOC 79670 .

Figures

FIGURE 97. Geographical distribution of Rhagovelia brunae, R. elegans, R. mangle, R. plumbea, R. robusta, R. tenuipes and R. whitei in Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil. Stars indicate previously published records.

FIGURES 91–96. Collected specimens, dorsal view. 91. Rhagovelia brunae. 92. R. elegans. 93. R. mangle. 94. R. robusta. 95. R. tenuipes. 96. R. whitei. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.