Rhagovelia excellentis Drake & Harris, 1927

Kment, Petr & Kolínová, Zdislava, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 821-890 : 851

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5740731
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5741000
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scientific name	Rhagovelia excellentis Drake & Harris, 1927
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Rhagovelia excellentis Drake & Harris, 1927 View in CoL

Rhagovelia excellentis Drake & Harris, 1927: 134−135 View in CoL (original description).

Two paratypes are deposited in NMPC:

PARATYPES (2 JJ apter.): ‘Dolores, Colo. / Aug. 15, 1925 / C. J. Drake // J [p] // PARATYPE [p] / Rhagovelia / excellentis / Drake + Harris [hw, red label]’.

Current status. Junior synonym of Rhagovelia distincta Champion, 1898 (see GOULD 1931, SMITH 1988 a, POLHEMUS 1997, PADILLA- GIL & MOREIRA 2013).

References

DRAKE C. J. & HARRIS H. M. 1927: Notes on the genus Rhagovelia, with descriptions of six new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 40: 131 - 138.

GOULD G. E. 1931: The Rhagovelia of the Western Hemisphere, with notes on World distribution (Hemiptera, Veliidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 20: 5 - 62.

POLHEMUS D. A. 1997: Systematics of the genus Rhagovelia Mayr (Heteroptera: Veliidae) in the Western Hemisphere (Exclusive of the angustipes complex). Entomological Society of America, Langham, 386 pp.

SMITH C. L. 1988 a: Family Veliidae Amyot and Serville, 1843. The Small Water Striders. Pp. 734 - 742. In: HENRY T. J. & FROESCHNER R. C. (eds.): Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill, Leiden, New York, Kobenhaven, Koln, xix + 958 pp.