Rhagovelia accedens Drake, 1957

Moreira, F. F. F., Nessimian, J. L., Rúdio, J. A. & Salles, F. F., 2010, New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), Journal of Natural History 44 (45 - 46), pp. 2761-2801 : 2792-2793

Rhagovelia accedens Drake, 1957

This species was known from medium to high altitude localities on Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states ( Moreira and Ribeiro 2009), being herein

recorded for the first time from Espírito Santo State, as well as new localities from Serra do Caparaó .

Examined material

Brazil: Minas Gerais – Caparaó, PARNA Caparaó, Córrego Casa Queimada [20 ◦ 27 ′ 29.4 ′′ S, 41 ◦ 48 ′ 30.3 ′′ W, 2188 m asl], 26 March 2009, (F.F. Salles and J.A. Rúdio): 4 apterous males, 3 apterous females; entre Casa Queimada e Cachoeira da Farofa [20 ◦ 27 ′ 45.8 ′′ S, 41 ◦ 48 ′ 24.7 ′′ W, 2160 m asl], 23 April 2008, (F.F. Salles): 2 apterous males, 2 apterous females; Rio São Domingos , Cachoeira da Farofa [20 ◦ 28 ′ 19.3 ′′ S, 41 ◦ 49 ′ 41.3 ′′ W, 1956 m asl], 26 March 2009, (F.F. Salles and J.A. Rúdio): 3 apterous males, 4 apterous females; Rio São Domingos , Macieira [20 ◦ 28 ′ 51.5 ′′ S, 41 ◦ 49 ′ 45 ′′ W, 1855 m asl], 25 March 2009 (F.F. Salles and J.A. Rúdio): 4 apterous males, 2 apterous females; Rio São Domingos , Sete Pilões [20 ◦ 28 ′ 57.5 ′′ S, 41 ◦ 49 ′ 50.2 ′′ W, 1855 m asl], 22 April 2008, (F.F. Salles): 1 apterous female; 25 March 2009, (F.F. Salles and J.A. Rúdio): 6 apterous males, 8 apterous females, 1 macropterous females (wings broken). Espera Feliz, PARNA Caparaó, Córrego do Batista [20 ◦ 30 ′ 07.1 ′′ S, 41 ◦ 49 ′ 09.8 ′′ W, 1411 m asl], 25 March 2009, (F.F. Salles and J.A. Rúdio): 1 apterous male; Rio Preto , próximo à sede [20 ◦ 30 ′ 08.9 ′′ S, 41 ◦ 49 ′ 13.4 ′′ W, 822 m asl], 25 March 2009, (F.F. Salles and J.A. Rúdio): 10 apterous males . Espírito Santo – Iúna, PARNA Caparaó, Vale Encantado [20 ◦ 24 ′ 38.7 ′′ S, 41 ◦ 50 ′ 3.6 ′′ W, 1976 m asl], 24 March 2009, (F.F. Salles and J.A. Rúdio): 1 apterous female .