Altavelia daza ( Padilla-Gil & Moreira 2011 )

Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, 2019, Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 4585 (2), pp. 295-314 : 306

Altavelia daza ( Padilla-Gil & Moreira 2011) (new combination)

( Figs. 4I , 7 , 8 )

Paravelia daza Padilla-Gil & Moreira, 2011: 15 .

Material examined. 1♂ apterous ( USNM): ‘ Ecuador, Chimborazo \ Baños (22 km SW)\ 01°27'S 78°30'W 2300 m \ Rio Chambo , 16Sep1990 \ Paul J. Spangler, colln #24 ’.

Distribution. Colombia (Nariño) and Ecuador (Chimborazo, Napo), with an elevational range of 2300 to 3000 m ( D. Polhemus 2014) ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

FIGURE 4. A. Altavelia altoandina, male proctiger, dorsal view. B. Altavelia antioquia, male proctiger, dorsal view. C. Altavelia columbiensis, male proctiger, dorsal view. D. Altavelia flavomarginata, male proctiger, dorsal view. E. Altavelia montana, male proctiger, dorsal view. F. Altavelia altoandina, paramere. G. Altavelia antioquia, paramere. H. Altavelia columbiensis, paramere. I. Altavelia daza, paramere. J. Altavelia flavomarginata, paramere. K. Altavelia montana, paramere. L. Altavelia inveruglas, male proctiger, dorsal view. M. Altavelia inveruglas, paramere. N. Altavelia osborniana, male proctiger, dorsal view. O. Altavelia osborniana, paramere.

FIGURE 7. Distribution of Altavelia boliviana, A. columbiensis, and A. daza.

FIGURE 8. A. Altavelia daza, male, dorsal view. B. Altavelia daza, male, proctiger and parameres, dorsal view. C. Altavelia daza, male, lateral view.