Rhagovelia zela Drake, 1959

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 : 70

Rhagovelia zela Drake, 1959

Fig. 49C, E

Diagnosis. Member of the bisignata group ( Polhemus 1997). Body length 2.6–3.2 mm; antennomere II shorter than III; middle coxa blackish; hind trochanter yellowish; male fore trochanter without distal spine; male hind femur with 7–8 spines on posterior surface; male abdominal mediotergite VII and tergum VIII with shiny black areas centrally; female hind femur with spines on posterior surface; female abdominal laterotergites not reflected over mediotergites (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Minas Gerais • Pimenta , stream in farm; −20.6003, −45.8150; 30. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 4 females, CEIOC 27997 .— Rio de Janeiro • Silva Jardim, Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas , Aldeia Velha River ; −22.4997, −42.2662; 23. III.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 27988 • Barra Mansa / Volta Redonda, Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Floresta da Cicuta , Brandão River ; −22.5535, −44.0871; 06. V.2016; LL Dumas, APF Pires leg.; 1 male, 5 females, CEIOC 81888 • Guapiaçu, Reserva Estadual de Guapiaçu, Guapiaçu River ; −22.4477, −42.7466; 21. VII.2015; IRS Cordeiro leg.; 1 male, 2 females, CEIOC 81889 .

Distribution in Brazil. ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, RJ, SC, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 49. Collected specimens (A–C), and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (D, E). Gerromorpha, Veliidae. A, B. Rhagovelia whitei, apterous males from Pimenta, Minas Gerais (−20.6003, −45.8150), genital capsules removed. C. Rhagovelia zela, apterous male from Macaé, Rio de Janeiro (−22.3173, −42.1859). D. Rhagovelia whitei. E. Rhagovelia zela. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records. Scale bars: 2 mm.