Paravelia cunhai Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016

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

Paravelia cunhai Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016 ( Figs. 2 A-B, 5)

Paravelia cunhai Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016b: 184-187 (original description).

Description: Macropterous female (n = 2): Length 4.50-4.80, maximum width (across the humeral angles) 1.80-1.95. Similar to male in color and morphology ( Figs. 2 A-B) except: Fore tibia with small grasping comb, 0.12 mm long. Hind femur with 7-9 small spines on mesal margin of distal half. Laterotergites slightly elevated. Lateral margins of abdominal segments III-V with whitish pruinose areas below insertion region of lateral abdominal muscles (viewed using a posterior illumination). Posterior corner of last laterotergite rounded to slightly acuminate, not forming a spine. Venter of abdomen without black denticles. Superior portion of first gonocoxa with some black denticles.

Distribution: Brazil, Pará: Vitória do Xingu ( Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016b), Canaã dos Carajás (present study) ( Fig. 5 ).

Discussion: The pattern of maculae on the fore wings of the female is similar to that of the holotype. This species was described based on a macropterous male collected inside a cave, without incidence of light, in the State of Pará, northern Brazil ( Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016b). The two females examined here also were collected inside a cave in the State of Pará.

Material examined: All specimens macropterous, glued to a paper point, and deposited at MZUSP. Brazil, Pará: Brasil, Pará, Canaã dos Carajás, Serra da Bocaina , caverna, 620096 mE, 9306129 mN, SAD 69, 05-15.Mar.2012, Pellegati et al., col., GEM 1471, Carste 2523 (1 female) ; same data, except Carste 2594 (1 female) .

Paravelia polhemusi Rodrigues, Moreira, Nieser,

Figures

Figure 2. Paravelia spp. (A-B) Paravelia cunhai, macropterous female from Canaã dos Carajás, Brasil (MZUSP); (A) Dorsal view, (B) ventral view; (C-D) Paravelia polhemusi, macropterous male from Canaãdos Carajás,Brasil (MZUSP);(C) Dorsal view,(D) ventral view,black arrow indicates projections of abdominal tergumVII. Size bar = 1 mm.

Figure 5. Distribution records for the species treated in the present study.