Rhagovelia longipes Gould, 1931

Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra, Morales, Irina & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Revision of the Rhagovelia angustipes complex (Insecta: Hemiptera: Veliidae from Colombia, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 167-225 : 199-200

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Rhagovelia longipes Gould, 1931 View in CoL

( Figs. 9F View FIGURE 9 , 10F View FIGURE 10 , 11F View FIGURE 11 , 12F View FIGURE 12 , 19O View FIGURE 19 , 20O View FIGURE 20 , 25C View FIGURE 25 )

Rhagovelia longipes Gould, 1931: 36 View in CoL .

Rhagovelia magdalena Padilla-Gil, 2011: 214 View in CoL (new synonym).

Diagnosis. Body length ~3.00 in the male and ~ 3.50 in the female. Antennomere II shorter than III. Tarsal formula 3-3-3. All coxae and trochanters dark brown to black ( Figs. 10F View FIGURE 10 , 12F View FIGURE 12 ), rarely yellow to brown. Male fore tibia curved, very thin for about 3/4 of length, then expanding to apex ( Fig. 21C View FIGURE 21 ). Male hind trochanter without spines. Male hind femur thinner middle femur, without spines ( Fig. 21D View FIGURE 21 ). Ratio of male hind femur/tibia length ~0.64/1.00. Male hind tibia without spines or apical spur ( Figs. 9F View FIGURE 9 ). Lateral margins of male and female abdomen bowed ( Figs. 9F View FIGURE 9 , 11F View FIGURE 11 ). Abdominal mediotergites dull; sometimes a small shiny black spot on last segment. Female abdominal laterotergites horizontal or slightly elevated. Median carina on posterior half of male abdominal sternum VII and on VIII, where it is slightly depressed on each side. Male abdominal segment VIII subcylindrical, with lateral margins bowed, shorter dorsally than mediotergite VII ( Fig. 9F View FIGURE 9 ). Paramere and proctiger as in Figs. 19O View FIGURE 19 , 20O View FIGURE 20 .

Distribution. Colombia: Caquetá (this work), Casanare ( Aristizábal 2017), Cauca (Padilla-Gil 2011, Padilla-Gil 2020), Huila (Padilla-Gil 2011), Putumayo (Padilla-Gil 2016, Padilla-Gil 2019a), Santander (this work), Tolima ( Parra-Trujillo et al. 2014, Aristizábal 2017), Valle del Cauca ( Aristizábal 2017). Ecuador ( Gould 1931). Peru ( Drake & Harris 1935) ( Fig. 25C View FIGURE 25 ).

Comments. Rhagovelia longipes is one of the few species of the angustipes complex in which spines are lacking in the hind femora of males and females. The other species that share this feature are R. caunapi ; R. danpolhemi Moreira, Pacheco-Chaves & Cordeiro, 2015 ; R. festae Kirkaldy, 1899 ; R. guachiconoense , R. imitatrix Bacon, 1948 ; and R. magdalena . Characteristics distinguishing these species, except for R. caunapi and R. guachiconoense , were detailed by Moreira et al. (2015). When describing R. magdalena, Padilla-Gil (2011) only compared its paramere with that of R. longipes , stating that in the latter species it would be sharply pointed. However, this is incorrect and the drawing provided by the same author does not correspond to what is observed in specimens of R. longipes (compare Padilla-Gil 2011: Fig. 24 View FIGURE 24 , Bacon 1956: Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 , and this work: Fig. 19 O View FIGURE 19 ). Additionaly, after examining types of R. magdalena , we could not find any relevant features to distinguish it from R. longipes , thus we propose synonymizing both species. Rhagovelia guachiconoense might eventualy prove to be another synonym of R. longipes , but we did not have access to the type material in order to confirm this hypothesis.

Type material examined. Holotype ♂ apterous of R. magdalena ( ICN 054099 View Materials ): ‘ Colombia \ Huila \ Oporapa \ Vereda La Vega \ Río Magdalena \ 2001-II-14 \ Col: W. Bonilla’ . Paratypes of R. magdalena , 5 ♂ apterous, 2 ♀ apterous ( ICN 054100 View Materials ): same data as holotype .

Additional material examined. Caquetá: San José del Fragua, Inspección Yurayaco after town, 2017-IX-16 (J. Rivera & P. Sterling): 6 ♂ apterous ( UPTC) . San José del Fragua, Inspección Yurayaco , road bridge, 2017-IX-16 (J. Rivera & P. Sterling): 5 ♂ apterous, 2 ♀ apterous, 1 ♀ macropterous ( UPTC) . Morelia , before sluice, 2017-IX- 04 (J. Rivera & P. Sterling): 6 ♂ apterous ( UPTC) . Morelia , road bridge, 2017-XI-04 (J. Rivera & P. Sterling): 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . Santander: Vado Real, Tolota River , 2017-IX-20 (F. Molano & I. Morales): 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ macropterous ( UPTC) . Piedecuesta, Pescadero, Chicamocha River , 2017-IX-20 (F. Molano & I. Morales): 3 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . San Gil, Parque El Gallineral, Fonse River , 2017-IX-20 (F. Molano & I. Morales): 1 ♀ apterous ( UPTC) . Barrancabermeja, Sogamoso River , 300 m upstream from water catchment site, 2012-IX (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 1 ♂ apterous ( CLUA035 ) . Barrancabermeja, Sogamoso River , 300 m upstream from water catchment site, 2013- III (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 1 ♂ apterous ( CLUA035 ) . Barrancabermeja, Sogamoso River , 300 m upstream from water catchment site, 2014-II (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 1 ♀ apterous ( CLUA035 ) .