Rhagovelia tijuca Polhemus, 1997

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 : 66-67

Rhagovelia tijuca Polhemus, 1997

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Diagnosis. Member of the hirtipes group ( Polhemus 1997). Body length 4.4–4.9 mm; general color dark-brown to black, with distinct orange marks on anterior portion of pronotum and abdominal laterotergites; female hind femur with spines on posterior surface (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Rio de Janeiro • Santa Maria Madalena, Parque Estadual do Desengano, Morumbeca dos Marreiros, first order tributary of the Ribeirão Macapá ; −21.8783, −41.9081; 15. IV.2016; LL Dumas, JL Nessimian, CS Portela, JF Barbosa leg.; 5 males, 7 females, CEIOC 81881 .

Distribution in Brazil. RJ, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 46. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Veliidae. A. Rhagovelia tijuca, apterous male from Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro (−21.8783, −41.9081). B−D. Rhagovelia triangula. B. Macropterous male, wings broken off, from São José do Barreiro, São Paulo (−22.7481, −44.6145). C, D. Apterous female from Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4571, −44.6069). C. Dorsal view. D. Lateral view. Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 47. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Rhagovelia tijuca. B. Rhagovelia triangula. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.