Paravelia Breddin, 1898

Rodrigues, Higor D. D. & Arango, Luisa Fernanda Álvarez, 2019, A new species of Oiovelia from Colombia, with notes for other three species of South American Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 59, pp. 1-9 : 5

Genus Paravelia Breddin, 1898

Paravelia is currently comprised of 51 described species and its distribution extends from Mexico to Argentina ( Rodrigues et al., 2014b; Aristizábal-García et al., 2015; Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016b, c; Polhemus et al., 2019). The species can be collected in a great variety of environments such as emergent vegetation of streams and lakes, temporary pools, in the tanks of bromeliads, and subterranean waters in caves. The taxonomy of the genus has been examined in the recent years, with articles aimed at redescribing and photographing known species, as well as describing new species (e.g., Polhemus, 2014; Rodrigues et al., 2014b; Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016b, c; Polhemus et al., 2019). In general, in the field it is common to collect only one or a few specimens of Paravelia species. Two recently described species from Brazil are examples of the type series composed only by the holotype: P. cunhai and P. polhemusi .