Rhagovelia femoralis Champion, 1898
(Fig. 8B, 13D)
Rhagovelia femoralis Champion, 1898: 138 .
Diagnosis. Body length: apterous male (~4.1), apterous female (~4.5), macropterous male (~4.5), macropterous female (~4,5). General color black. Pronotum of apterous form completely covering mesonotum. Apical spur of hind tibia straight. Male pronotum and abdominal mediotergites thickly covered by appressed, silvery setae. Male abdominal sterna with raised median carina. Posterolateral margins of male abdominal segment VII surrounding genital cavity without black denticles. Venter of male abdominal segment VIII without conical process, usually with a low median carina. Male paramere as in Polhemus (1997: 112, fig. 84). Pronotum of macropterous female without elevated posterior projection.Apterous female abdomen with median carina dorsally. Apterous female laterotergites and tergum VIII without long tufts of black setae on posterolateral angles; laterotergites not markedly thickened nor mesally bowed and glabrous adjacent to mediotergites III–V.
Distribution. COLOMBIA: Antioquia (this work), Chocó (this work), Nariño (Padilla-Gil 2016), Quindío (this work), Valle del Cauca (Polhemus 1997) (Fig. 8B). COSTA RICA (Polhemus 1997). PANAMA (Champion 1898).
Material examined. Antioquia: Frontino, Quebrada Murindo, vía Dabeiba-Uramita, 784 m, 6°53’20.1” N, 76°14’40.8” W, 13.VIII.2016, (F. Molano): 1 ♂ macropterous, 1 ♂ apterous, 3 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05559). El Orejón, S.D, (J. Correa): 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ macropterous, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-05888) . Chocó: Bahía Solano, Corregimiento El Valle, Parque Nacional Natural Utría, 6.012456, -77.342574, 13.II.2019, (Galindo-Malagón X): 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-00213) . Bahía Solano, Corregimiento El Valle, Parque Nacional Natural Utría, 6.012456, -77.342574, 14.II.2019, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-00214) . Bahía Solano, Corregimiento El Valle, Parque Nacional Natural Utría, 6.012456, -77.342574, 16.II.2019, 1 ♂ apterous (UPTC-In-00217) . Quindío: Quimbaya, Vereda El Laurel, Reserva Natural La Montaña del Ocaso, 987 m, 4°34’48,38” N, 75°51’53,85” W, 24.IV.2018, (D. Martínez): 1 ♀ macropterous (UPTC-In-05822) .