Rhagovelia whitei ( Breddin, 1898 )

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Nery, Leticia, Rodrigues, Higor D. D. & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Survey of the semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 103-159 : 142

Rhagovelia whitei ( Breddin, 1898)

( Figs 96–97 )

Geographical distribution: Brazil ( Breddin 1898), Paraguay ( Polhemus 1997).

Distribution in Brazil: AL*, CE ( Cordeiro & Moreira 2015), GO ( Polhemus 1997; Cordeiro & Moreira 2015), MA ( Moreira & Campos 2012), MG ( Breddin 1898; Nieser & Melo 1997; Polhemus 1997; Goulart et al. 2002; Vianna & Melo 2003; Pelli et al. 2006; Souza et al. 2006; Cordeiro & Moreira 2015), MS ( Floriano et al. 2013), MT ( Drake & Harris 1931; Polhemus 1997; Heckman 1998; Moreira & Campos 2012; Dias-Silva et al. 2013; Dias-Silva et al. 2020), PA ( Polhemus 1997; Moreira & Campos 2012), SP ( Castanhole et al. 2012; Castanhole et al. 2013).

Material examined: BRAZIL • Alagoas • 1 male; Maragogi, APACC; -8.940970, -35.235590; 29 Apr. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79681 . • 1 male, 1 female; Murici, EEM, Vale Socorró, Cachoeira do Socorró ; -9.236000, -35.860889; alt. 361 m; 22 May 2019; J.M.S. Rodrigues, W. Sousa & F.F.F. Moreira col.; CEIOC 79793 . • 2 males, 1 female, 1 nymph; Quebrangulo, RBPT, riacho em um pasto; - 9.260420, -36.416020; 04 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79667 .• 25 males, 9 females, 2 nymphs; same data, except: -9.256560, -36.431130; 04 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79682 . • 1 male; same data, except: Sítio Juliana , rio; -9.234030, -36.448860; 05 Jul. 2018; CEIOC 79666 . • 7 males, 17 females; same data, except: rio; -9.251310, -36.431700; 05 Jul. 2018; CEIOC 79680 . • 3 males, 5 females; same data, except: Sítio Juliana , rio; -9.236680, -36.449380; 05 Jul. 2018; CEIOC 79684 . • 4 males, 6 females, 2 nymphs; same data, except: nascente; -9.254510, -36.430710; 05 Jul. 2018; CEIOC 79685 . • 6 males, 20 females, 5 nymphs; same data, except: Rio Cafuringa , parte alta; -9.245200, -36.421710; 05 Jul. 2018; CEIOC 79686 . • 2 males, 3 females; Taquarana, Coité do Noá , queda d´água; -9.672300, -36.498710; 06 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79683 .

Figures

FIGURES 91–96. Collected specimens, dorsal view. 91. Rhagovelia brunae. 92. R. elegans. 93. R. mangle. 94. R. robusta. 95. R. tenuipes. 96. R. whitei. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 97. Geographical distribution of Rhagovelia brunae, R. elegans, R. mangle, R. plumbea, R. robusta, R. tenuipes and R. whitei in Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil. Stars indicate previously published records.