Rhagovelia elegans Uhler, 1894

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Nery, Leticia, Rodrigues, Higor D. D. & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Survey of the semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 103-159 : 139

Rhagovelia elegans Uhler, 1894

( Figs 92 , 97 )

Geographical distribution: Brazil ( Gould 1931), Colombia ( Gould 1931), Costa Rica ( Polhemus 1997), Dominica ( Bacon 1956), Ecuador ( Polhemus 1997), Grenada ( Uhler 1894a), Hispaniola Island ( Polhemus 1997), Martinique ( De Kort-Gommers & Nieser 1969), Panama ( Champion 1898), Saint Kitts & Nevis ( Bacon 1956), Saint Lucia ( Polhemus 1997), Saint Vincent & the Grenadines ( Uhler 1893), Trinidad & Tobago ( Gould 1931), Venezuela ( Hungerford 1944).

Distribution in Brazil: AL*, AM ( Bacon 1956; Polhemus 1997; Cordeiro & Moreira 2015), AP ( Polhemus 1997), ES ( Moreira et al. 2010), PA ( Bacon 1956; Polhemus 1997; Moreira & Campos 2012; Cunha et al. 2015; Cunha & Juen 2017; Cunha & Juen 2020), MT ( Fernandes & Wanzeler 2010; Dias-Silva et al. 2013; Giehl et al. 2018), RJ ( Drake 1948; Moreira et al. 2012), SE ( Moreira & Campos 2012).

Material examined: BRAZIL • Alagoas • 11 males, 15 females; Murici , EEM; -9.220460, -35.870290; 28 Apr. 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79687 . • 1 male, 12 females; Roteiro, Balneário ; -9.842778, -35.981111; alt. 13m; 18 Sep. 2017; L-0006; H. Rodrigues col.; MZUSP . • Sergipe • 2 males, 1 female; São Cristóvão, Estrada Rita Cacete ; -10.985110, -37.286830; 04 May 2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalhães col.; CEIOC 79688 .

Notes: Moreira & Campos (2012) published the first record of R. elegans from Sergipe, in Areia Branca municipality. This work expands the records from the state by one municipality: São Cristóvão.

Figures

FIGURE 97. Geographical distribution of Rhagovelia brunae, R. elegans, R. mangle, R. plumbea, R. robusta, R. tenuipes and R. whitei in Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil. Stars indicate previously published records.

FIGURES 91–96. Collected specimens, dorsal view. 91. Rhagovelia brunae. 92. R. elegans. 93. R. mangle. 94. R. robusta. 95. R. tenuipes. 96. R. whitei. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.