Paravelia

Padilla-Gil, Dora Nancy & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2011, A new species of Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia, with a key to Colombian Paravelia species, Zootaxa 3065, pp. 14-26 : 23

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................ 3

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

-. Body length 8.4 mm; male paramere as in Fig. 24; does not inhabit bromeliads........................ P. flavomarginata

3. Body length 9.0 mm; supra-anal hooks of male not projecting anteriorly ( Fig. 25); male paramere as in Fig. 26.................................................................................................... P. columbiensis

-. Body length ≥ 9.2 mm; supra-anal hooks of male projecting anteriorly (Fig, 10); male paramere as in Fig. 13... P . daza sp. n.

Figures

FIGURE 23. P. re c e n s, male paramere (based on Polhemus & Polhemus 1991, figure not to scale). FIGURE 24. P. flavomarginata, male paramere (based on Hungerford 1930, figure not to scale).

FIGURE 13. P. daza, male paramere, flat side of left paramere (left), apex in posterior view (right). Scale 0.05 mm.