Paravelia

Padilla-Gil, Dora Nancy, 2013, Two new species of Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia, with a key to Colombian Paravelia species, Zootaxa 3693 (4), pp. 491-502 : 500-501

Key to the Paravelia species recorded from Colombia

1. Smaller species, body length ≤ 8.5 mm; ground coloration black with limited contrasting paler markings................ 2

-. Larger species, body length ≥ 9 mm; ground coloration brown, lacking highly contrasting paler markings................ 5

2. Body length <5.0 mm.................................................................................. 3

-. Body length 8.4 mm; male paramere as in Fig. 22 ............................................... P. flavomarginata

3. Body length 4.0 mm; male paramere as in Fig. 23 ; inhabits bromeliads..................................... P. recens

-. Body length <4.0 mm; not inhabiting bromeliads............................................................4

4. Body length 2.76 mm; male paramere as in Fig. 6................................................. P. fanera sp. n.

-. Body length 3.0 mm; male paramere as in Fig. 15 ................................................ P. acantha sp. n.

5. Body length 9.0 mm; supra-anal hooks of male not projecting anteriorly ( Fig. 24 ); male paramere as in Fig. 25 .................................................................................................... P. columbiensis

-. Body length ≥ 9.2 mm; supra-anal hooks of male projecting anteriorly ( Fig. 26 ); male paramere as in Fig. 27 ............................................................................................................. P. daza

Figures

FIGURE 15. Paravelia acantha apterous male, genital segment. Scale 0.05 mm.

FIGURES 22 – 25. 22. Paravelia flavomarginata, male paramere (based on Hungerford 1930, figure not to scale). 23. Paravelia recens, male paramere (based on Polhemus & Polhemus 1991, figure not to scale). 24 – 25. Paravelia columbiensis, male 24, proctiger 25, paramere (based on Hungerford 1930, figures not to scale).

FIGURE 26 – 27. Paravelia daza, male 26, proctiger, ventral view. Scale 0.025 mm. 27, paramere, flat side of left paramere (left), apex in posterior view (right). Scale 0.05 mm. (based on Padilla-Gil & Moreira, 2011).