Rhagovelia mangle Moreira, Nessimian & Rúdio, 2010

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 : 58-60

Rhagovelia mangle Moreira, Nessimian & Rúdio, 2010

Figs. 39D , 40C

Diagnosis. Member of the salina group ( Polhemus 1997). Size strongly sexually dimorphic, male approximately 2.2 mm long, female approximately 3.3 mm long; general color blackish, contrasting with orange or yellowish on female abdominal laterotergites; antennomere I and femora with dark longitudinal stripes; male fore tibia strongly bowed; male hind femur with row of 7–11 spines on posterior surface; female hind femur with row of 4–11 spines on posterior surface ( Moreira et al. 2010).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Conceição da Barra, Itaúnas River , mangrove; −18.5591, −39.7329; 19. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , A Khila, S Viala, A Gomes leg.; 6 males, 40 females, CEIOC 28810 • Conceição da Barra, Itaúnas River , mangrove; alt. 6 m; −18.5598, −39.7323; 23. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 27 males, 20 females, CEIOC 82978 .

Distribution in Brazil. BA, ES, SE.

Figures

FIGURE 39. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Veliidae. A, B. Rhagovelia lucida, apterous male from Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4545, −42.3229). A. Dorsal view. B. Lateral view. C. Rhagovelia macta, apterous male from Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4502, −42.3220). D. Rhagovelia mangle, apterous male from Conceição da Barra, Espírito Santo (−18.5591, −39.7329). Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 40. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Rhagovelia lucida. B. Rhagovelia macta. C. Rhagovelia mangle. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.