Rhagovelia scitula Bacon, 1956

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5393 (1), pp. 1-86 : 62

Rhagovelia scitula Bacon, 1956

Fig. 43B, D

Diagnosis. Member of the whitei group ( Moreira et al. 2012). Body length 3.8–4.2; male meso- and metacetabula densely covered by black denticles; male hind femur not as incrassate as in R. whitei Breddin, 1898 (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Rio de Janeiro • Sapucaia, São Francisco River ; −22.1004, −42.7988; 30. VII.2016; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, OM Magalhães leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 36515 .

Distribution in Brazil. ES, MG, RJ, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 43. Collected specimens (A, B), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (C, D). A. Rhagovelia robusta, apterous male from Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro (−23.1414, −44.2987). B. Rhagovelia scitula, apterous male from Sapucaia, Rio de Janeiro (−22.1004, −42.7988), abdominal tergum VIII and genital capsule removed. C. Rhagovelia robusta. D. Rhagovelia scitula. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records. Scale bars: 2 mm.