Rhagovelia spinosa Gould, 1931

Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, Springer, Monika & Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, 2015, Two new species of Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Costa Rica, with a key and new records from the country, Zootaxa 3980 (4), pp. 477-500 : 494

Rhagovelia spinosa Gould, 1931

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Previously recorded from Honduras to Peru, but not specifically from Costa Rica ( Gould 1931, Bacon 1956, Drake and Hussey 1957, Padilla-Gil 2011). Reported here are the first records from Costa Rica.

Material examined. Alajuela —San Carlos, San Carlos River Basin, TEC Project, VII–IX.1999: 1 apterous male, 1 macropterous female. Limón —Valle de la Estrella, Estrella River, VII.2012, (B. Pacheco & F. Reyes): 3 apterous male, 3 apterous females. Puntarenas —Cuenca del Térraba, Diquís Project, ICE, General River X Peje River, 23.III.2006, (R. Lara): 14 apterous males, 11 apterous females.

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FIGURES 28 & 29. Geographical distribution of the collecting localities of Rhagovelia in Costa Rica. 28. Rhagovelia angustipes, R. danpolhemi sp. nov., R. calopa, R. spinosa, R. tenuipes, and R. tantilla. 29. R. springerae sp. nov.