Paravelia boliviana Breddin, 1898

Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe F. F., Nieser, Nico, Chen, Ping Ping, Melo, Alan L., Dias-Silva, Karina & Giehl, Nubia F. S., 2014, The genus Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) in Brazil, with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 3784 (1), pp. 1-47 : 23-24

Paravelia boliviana Breddin, 1898

( Fig. 13 D)

Paravelia boliviana Breddin, 1898: 160 . [Original description]

Velia boliviana: Hungerford 1930b , 120. [ Velia inveruglas group] Velia boliviana: Drake and Harris 1938 , 97. [Redescription] Paravelia boliviana: Polhemus 1976 , 512. [Checklist]

Paravelia boliviana: Heckman 2011 , 224. [Identification key]

Apterous female. BL 8.45; HL 1.30; HW 1.41; ANT I 1.55, ANT II 1.25, ANT III 1.00, ANT IV 1.15; EYE 0.40; PL 2.45; PW 2.25; FORELEG: FEM 2.60, TIB 2.50, TAR I 0.15, TAR II 0.37, TAR III 0.45; MIDLEG: FEM 3.15, TIB 3.40, TAR I 0.15, TAR II 0.57, TAR III 0.65; HINDLEG: FEM 3.75, TIB 4.95, TAR I 0.20, TAR II 1.00, TAR III 0.80.

Diagnosis. General body color blackish, except for orange posterior lobe of pronotum ( Fig. 13 D). Male proctiger with a pair of median dark brown expansions. Paramere long, hirsute on base, apically curved. Female connexives elevated, with segments VI–VII reflected over abdomen, and posterior angle of segment VII welldeveloped, turned inside and almost touching each other centrally.

Discussion. Known from apterous and macropterous forms, being one of the largest species of the genus, attaining 9.00 mm in some specimens. It can be separated from other large species with body length over 8.00 mm [ P. albotrimaculata ( Kirkaldy, 1899) , P. columbiensis (Hungerford, 1930) , P. daza Padilla-Gil & Moreira, 2011 , P. flavomarginata (Hungerford, 1930) and P. osborniana (Kirkaldy, 1909) ] mainly by the orange coloration of the posterior lobe of pronotum ( Fig. 13 D).

Material examined. Peru, Cusco: 1 apterous female, 4 nymphs ( DZRJ), Upispata, Río Puica, 2879 m a.s.l., 30.VIII.2012, (D. Takiya & A.P.M. Santos) [first record from Cusco Region].

Figures

FIGURE 13. Dorsal view, (A) Paravelia basalis (with apical macula), (B) P. basalis (without apical macula), (C) P. bi a e (holotype), (D) P. boliviana (apterous).