Rhagovelia plumbea Uhler, 1894

Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra, Morales, Irina & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Revision of the Rhagovelia angustipes complex (Insecta: Hemiptera: Veliidae from Colombia, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 167-225 : 177

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Rhagovelia plumbea Uhler, 1894 View in CoL

( Figs. 1D View FIGURE 1 , 2D View FIGURE 2 , 3D View FIGURE 3 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 19D View FIGURE 19 , 20D View FIGURE 20 , 22C View FIGURE 22 )

Rhagovelia plumbea Uhler, 1894: 217 View in CoL .

Trochopus marinus Carpenter, 1898a: 79 View in CoL (synonym by Carpenter 1898b: 109).

Trochopus plumbeus (Uhler, 1894) View in CoL ; Carpenter (1898b: 110).

Rhagovelia plumbea Uhler, 1894 View in CoL ; Polhemus (1997: 379).

Diagnosis. Body length 2.20–2.40 mm in the male and 3.30–3.50 mm in the female. Eye covered with abundant setae. Tarsal formula 2-2-2. Male fore tibia strongly curved ( Figs. 2D View FIGURE 2 , 21A View FIGURE 21 ). Posterior surface of male hind femur with 3–7 spines beyond middle. Male abdominal segment VIII small, approximately equal in length dorsally to mediotergite VII ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ). Paramere and proctiger as in Figs. 19D View FIGURE 19 , 20D View FIGURE 20 . Female abdominal laterotergites vertical or nearly so ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ).

Distribution. Aruba ( Cobben 1960). Bahamas ( Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909). Belize ( Beck 1936). Bonaire ( Cobben 1960). Cayman Islands ( Bacon 1956). Colombia: Bolívar ( Molano et al. 2018, this work), Magdalena ( Molano et al. 2018, this work), San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina ( Molano et al. 2018, this work). Cuba ( Drake & Van Doesburg 1966). Curaçao ( Cobben 1960). Grenada (Uhler 1894). Hispaniola Island ( Drake & Van Doesburg 1966). Honduras ( Drake & Harris 1931). Jamaica ( Carpenter 1898a). Mexico ( Drake & Van Doesburg 1966). Puerto Rico ( Wolcott 1936 ). St. Lucia ( Drake & Van Doesburg 1966). St. Vincent & Grenadines (Uhler 1894). Trinidad & Tobago ( Hynes 1948). USA (Uhler 1894). U.S. Virgin Islands ( Bacon 1956). Venezuela ( Drake & Van Doesburg 1966) ( Fig. 22C View FIGURE 22 ).

Material examined. Bolívar: Cartagena , Isla Fuerte, 2007-XII-20 (Neira & Martínez): 12 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . Archipiélago de San Bernardo , Isla Tintipán, 2003-I (Duque): 27 ♂ apterous, 55 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . Magdalena : Santa Marta , PNN Tayrona, Bahía Neguanje, 2006-III-21 (J. Arias): 10 ♂ apterous ( UPTC) . Santa Marta , PNN Tayrona, 2006-III-21 (J. Arias): 17 ♂ apterous, 35 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . Santa Marta , PNN Tayrona, 2014-X (J. Barrera): 38 ♂ apterous, 43 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . San Andrés , Providencia y Santa Catalina: 2014-X (J. Barrera): 212 ♂ apterous, 221 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) .