Rhagovelia robusta Gould, 1931

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 : 140

Rhagovelia robusta Gould, 1931

( Figs 94 , 97 )

Geographical distribution: Argentina ( Polhemus 1997), Brazil ( Polhemus 1997), Paraguay ( Gould 1931).

Distribution in Brazil: ES ( Moreira et al. 2010), GO ( Polhemus 1997), MG ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Polhemus 1997; Souza et al. 2006; Moreira & Barbosa 2012; Taylor & Ferreira 2012), MT ( Dias-Silva et al. 2013; Giehl et al. 2018; Dias-Silva et al. 2020), PA ( Moreira & Campos 2012; Cunha & Juen 2020), RJ (Moreira & Ribeiro 2009), SC ( Polhemus 1997), SE ( Moreira & Campos 2012), SP (Moreira & Barbosa 2011; Castanhole et al. 2013; Magalhães et al. 2020).

Material examined: BRAZIL • Sergipe • 6 males, 17 females, 5 nymphs; Areia Branca, PNSI, Riacho Vermelho; -10.738680, -37.335370; 08 Jul. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa col.; CEIOC 79691 . • 6 males, 12 females; same data, except: Riacho Negro; -10.747540, -37.340150; CEIOC 79692 .

Notes: Moreira & Campos (2012) published the first record of R. robusta from Sergipe, in Areia Branca municipality. The specimens herein reported were collected in the same UC of the previous record: PNSI (SE).

Figures

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.

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.