Rhagovelia lucida Gould, 1931

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5393 (1), pp. 1-86 : 56-58

Rhagovelia lucida Gould, 1931

Figs. 39A, B , 40A

Diagnosis. Member of the lucida group ( Polhemus 1997). Body length approximately 3.6 mm; male antennomere III usually distinctly expanded, clearly thicker than antennomere II; male hind femur with a row of short spines on proximal half; apterous female abdominal mediotergite I slightly swollen, not projecting above metanotum in lateral view; apterous female abdominal mediotergites II–IV forming a wide longitudinal carina (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Rio de Janeiro • Angra dos Reis, Vermelha Beach , river; −23.1414, −44.2987; 08.IX.2017; RC Silva leg.; 14 males, 14 females, CEIOC 81267 • Rio de Janeiro, Jacarepaguá, Parque Estadual da Pedra Branca, Pau da Fome , Grande River ; −22.9339, −43.4450; 03.XI.2014; FFF Moreira, JMS Rodrigues, IRS Cordeiro leg.; 6 males, 8 females, CEIOC 27951 • Resende, Pirapetinga River, Poço da Sauna ; −22.3902, −44.5449; 15.XI.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, RB Braga, JMS Rodrigues leg.; 4 males, 1 female, CEIOC 27966 • Silva Jardim, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra Grande, Sete Quedas Waterfall , station 3; −22.4545, −42.3229; 25. III.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 13 males, 4 females, CEIOC 27952 .— São Paulo • Campos dos Goytacazes, Mocotó, Parque Estadual do Desengano , tributary of the Mocotó River , Tombo D'Água Waterfall ; −21.8138, −41.7554; 18. IV.2016; LL Dumas leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81873 • São José do Barreiro, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina, stream tributary to Mambucaba River ; −22.7683, −44.6100; 08. II.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , FS Motta, B Clarkson leg.; 44 males, 67 females, CEIOC 27980 , 27981 .

Distribution in Brazil. ES, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 39. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Veliidae. A, B. Rhagovelia lucida, apterous male from Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4545, −42.3229). A. Dorsal view. B. Lateral view. C. Rhagovelia macta, apterous male from Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4502, −42.3220). D. Rhagovelia mangle, apterous male from Conceição da Barra, Espírito Santo (−18.5591, −39.7329). Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 40. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Rhagovelia lucida. B. Rhagovelia macta. C. Rhagovelia mangle. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.