Rhagovelia calopa Drake & Harris, 1927

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 : 187-188

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Rhagovelia calopa Drake & Harris, 1927 View in CoL

( Figs. 5E View FIGURE 5 , 6E View FIGURE 6 , 7E View FIGURE 7 , 8E View FIGURE 8 , 19I View FIGURE 19 , 20I View FIGURE 20 , 24C View FIGURE 24 )

Rhagovelia calopa Drake & Harris, 1927: 135 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Body length ~ 3.50 in the male and female. Antennomere II longer than III. Tarsal formula 3-3-3. All coxae yellow ( Figs. 6E View FIGURE 6 , 8E View FIGURE 8 ). Fore trochanter yellow; middle trochanter black; hind trochanter yellow with brown apex ( Figs. 6E View FIGURE 6 , 8E View FIGURE 8 ). Male fore tibia slightly curved ( Figs. 5E View FIGURE 5 , 21B View FIGURE 21 ). Male hind trochanter with spines. Male hind femur much thicker than middle femur, enormously incrassate in most specimens, with two rows of spines and and isolated spine near proximal 1/3 ( Figs. 5E View FIGURE 5 , 21F View FIGURE 21 ). Ratio of male hind femur/tibia length ~0.92/1.00. Female hind femur slightly surpassing apex of abdomen, thicker than middle femur ( Fig. 7E View FIGURE 7 ). Male hind tibia with spines throughout length and an apical spur; some of the preapical spines enlarged ( Figs. 5E View FIGURE 5 , 6E View FIGURE 6 ). Lateral margins of male abdomen tapering more or less evenly to apex ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ). Female abdomen robust, with lateral margins bowed ( Fig. 8E View FIGURE 8 ). Central shiny black areas on dorsum of abdominal segments V–VIII to III–VIII ( Figs. 5E View FIGURE 5 , 7E View FIGURE 7 ). Female abdominal laterotergites slightly elevated. Male abdominal sterna without median carina. Male abdominal segment VIII subcylindrical, with lateral margins almost parallel, shorter dorsally than mediotergite VII ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ). Paramere and proctiger as in Figs. 19I View FIGURE 19 , 20I View FIGURE 20 .

Distribution. Belize ( Gould 1933). Colombia: Antioquia ( Aristizábal 2017), Arauca (this work), Bolívar (this work), Caquetá ( Aristizábal 2017, this work), Casanare ( Aristizábal 2017, this work), Cesar ( Aristizábal 2017), Chocó ( Aristizábal 2017, this work), Córdoba ( Aristizábal 2017, this work), La Guajira ( Aristizábal 2017, this work), Magdalena ( Bacon 1956, Aristizábal 2017), Meta ( Roback & Nieser 1974, Aristizábal 2017, this work), Norte de Santander ( Aristizábal 2017, this work), Putumayo ( Aristizábal 2017), Santander (this work), Sucre ( Aristizábal 2017, Moreno et al. 2018), Valle del Cauca ( Aristizábal 2017). Costa Rica ( Moreira et al. 2015). Guatemala ( Drake & Harris 1927). Honduras ( Drake & Harris 1935). Mexico ( Beck 1936). Panama ( Bacon 1956). Trinidad & Tobago ( Hynes 1948). Venezuela ( Bacon 1956) ( Fig. 24C View FIGURE 24 ).

Material examined. Arauca: Arauquita, Lipa, El Perro Stream, 2013-III-14 (C. Longo & C. Pérez): 1 ♀ apterous ( CLUA035035 ) . Bolívar: Cartagena, Puerto Badel , 2015-VII-17 (I. Morales): 3 ♂ apterous ( UPTC) . Caquetá: San José del Fragua, Inspección Yurayaco after town, 2017-IX-16 (J. Rivera & P. Sterling): 1 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . El Paujil, Vereda El Borugo , 2017-IX-21 (C. Flórez & V. Sánchez): 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . Casanare: Orocue, Vereda Palmarito, Casamba Sector , Caiman Creek , 2018-VII-17 (D. Martínez): 16 ♂ apterous, 27 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . Chocó: Quibdó, Tutunendo Road, Aguaclara Stream , 2015-XII-08 (J. Arias & F. Molano): 1 ♂ apterous ( UPTC) . Córdoba: Tierralta, upper Manso River, Zancón Sector , 2009-VI-11 (J. Carvajal): 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . La Guajira: Barrancas, Cerrejón Sector, Ranchería River , 1980-X-12 (L. F. Álvarez): 18 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ macropterous ( CMA) . Fonseca, Ranchería River , 2011-VI-01 (L. F. Álvarez): 2 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous, ( CMA) . Meta: Puerto Gaitán, La Raya Creek before Tillavá River , 2014-IV-05 (N. Tórres): 2 ♂ apterous ( UPTC) . Puerto Gaitán, Granada-Fuente de Oro Road, El Laurelio Creek , 2016-X-13 (F. Molano): 1 ♂ apterous ( UPTC) . Puerto López , stream, 2016-X-14 (F. Molano): 2 ♂ apterous, 5 ♀ apterous, ( UPTC) . San Martín, Vereda Puerto Castro, Finca Mararay , 2018-VII-13 (D. Martínez): 2 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . Puerto Gaitán, Granada-Fuente de Oro Road , 2016-X-13 (F. Molano): 2 ♂ apterous ( UPTC) . Norte de Santander: Cúcuta, San Miguel Creek , 2010-III-23 (N. Tórres): 1 ♂ apterous, 2 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . Santander: Barrancabermeja, Sogamoso River, between Sogamoso bridge and the mouth of San Silvestre Creek , 2012-XII (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 1 ♂ apterous ( CLUA035 ) . Puerto Wilches, Magdalena River, downstream Sogamoso River , 2012-X (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 1 ♂ apterous ( CLUA035 ) . Barrancabermeja, Sogamoso River , 300 m upstream from water catchment site, 2014-I (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 1 ♀ apterous ( CLUA035 ) . Barrancabermeja, Sogamoso River , 300 m upstream from water catchment site, 2014-II (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 6 ♂ apterous, 4 ♀ apterous ( CLUA035 ) .