Aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from Toluviejo Municipality, Sucre Department, Caribbean region of Colombia
Moreno-R., Claudia
Molina-J., Wendy
Barbosa, Julianna Freires
Moreira, Felipe
Check List
2018
2018-11-02
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4RZ9Z
Drake & Harris, 1927
Drake & Harris
1927
[168,627,1095,1119]
Insecta
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Animalia
Hemiptera
10
995
Arthropoda
species
calopa
Identification.Our specimens clearly belong to the angustipescomplex sensu Polhemus (1997), based on the pronotum of the apterous form shorter than the dorsal length of the eye. Males examined have the hind trochanter with several spinules and hind femur strongly incrassate ( Bacon 1956), which are found in only 1 species of the complex: R. calopa.
Distribution in the Colombian Caribbean region. Cesar, Córdoba, La Guajira( Aristizábal-García 2017), Magdalena( Bacon 1956, Aristizábal-García 2017), Sucre( Aristizábal-García 2017, this work), Urabá antioqueño ( Aristizábal-García 2017).