Rhagovelia spinosa Gould, 1931

(Figs. 17A, 17B, 19S, 20S, 26B)

Rhagovelia spinosa Gould, 1931: 43 .

Diagnosis. Body length ~ 2.60 in the male and ~ 3.10 in the female. Antennomere II shorter than III. Tarsal formula 3-3-3. All coxae and trochanters yellow; middle pair rarely brown (Fig. 17B). Male fore tibia slightly curved (Figs. 17A, 17B). Male hind trochanter without spines. Male hind femur about as thick as middle femur, with 3–4 spines (Figs. 17A, 17B). Ratio of male hind femur/tibia length ~0.82/1.00. Male hind tibia without spines or apical spur (Figs. 17A, 17B). Lateral margins of male abdomen tapering more or less evenly to apex (Fig. 17A). Central shiny areas on dorsum of abdominal segments V–VIII or IV–VIII (Fig. 17A). Male abdominal sternum VII with a stout, slightly curved median spine close to anterior margin. Male abdominal segment VIII subcylindrical, with lateral margins almost parallel, dorsally about as long as mediotergite VII (Fig. 17A). Paramere and proctiger as in Figs. 19S, 20S.

Distribution. Colombia: Caquetá (this work), Casanare (Aristizábal 2017), Córdoba (Aristizábal 2017), Meta (Aristizábal 2017), Nariño (Padilla-Gil 2012, Padilla-Gil 2017), Putumayo (Padilla-Gil 2016, Padilla-Gil 2019a). Costa Rica (Moreira et al. 2015). Ecuador (Gould 1931). Peru (Bacon 1956). Honduras (Bacon 1956) (Fig. 26B).

Material examined. Caquetá: San José del Fragua, inspección Yurayaco after the town, 2017-IX-16 (J. Rivera & P. Sterling): 1 ♂ apterous (UPTC) .