Pseudovelia tibialis tibialis Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955

Ye, Zhen & Bu, Wenjun, 2016, A new species of Xiphovelia Lundblad, 1933 and notes on Pseudovelia Hoberlandt, 1950 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Vietnam, Zootaxa 4137 (3), pp. 432-438 : 436

Pseudovelia tibialis tibialis Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955

( Figs. 3, 4 , 18 )

Pseudovelia tibialis Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955: 193

Pseudovelia tibialis: Miyamoto & Lee, 1963: 36 ; Ye et al., 2013: 292.

Material examined. VIETNAM, Quang Binh Prov., 3 apterous males, 2 apterous females, Minh Hoá district, Tan Hoá (17°46'N, 106°05'E), 29.V.2015, coll. Zhen Ye ( NKUM).

Remarks. Esaki & Miyamoto (1955) reported P. t. tibialis in Japan. Later, Miyamoto & Lee (1963) and Ye et al. (2013) recorded this species in Korea and China. Presented here is the first record of P. t. tibialis from Vietnam. The specimens we collected in Vietnam closely match the original description of Esaki & Miyamoto (1955). Based on the current collection data, this species has a wide distribution in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions ( Japan, Korea, China, and Vietnam).

Figures

FIGURE 18. Geographical distribution of Xiphovelia vietnamica sp. nov. and Pseudovelia spp. in Vietnam.

FIGURES 3 – 8. Habitus of Pseudovelia spp. (males: 3, 5, 7; females: 4, 6, 8). 3 – 4. P. tibialis tibialis Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955; 5 – 6. P. vittiformis Ye, Polhemus & Bu, 2013; 7 – 8. P. intonsa Hecher, 1997. Scale = 1.0 mm.