Rhagovelia pseudotijuca Moreira & Barbosa, 2011

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5393 (1), pp. 1-86 : 60

Rhagovelia pseudotijuca Moreira & Barbosa, 2011

Figs. 41B , 42B

Diagnosis. Member of the robusta group ( Polhemus 1997). Body length 3.8–4.8 mm; male proepisternum lacking minute black denticles; male hind trochanter with small subequal spines; male hind tibia with several subequal spines throughout length and an apical spur; sides of male abdominal sternum VII without patches of small black denticles ( Magalhães et al. 2016).

New records. BRAZIL — Minas Gerais • Pimenta , stream in farm; −20.6003, −45.2150; 30. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 2 males, 24 females, CEIOC 27931 , 27935 .— São Paulo • São José do Barreiro, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina, stream tributary to Mambucaba River ; −22.7349, −44.6162; 07. II.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, B Clarkson leg.; 17 males, 13 females, CEIOC 27913 • Same except −22.7683, −44.6100; 08. II.2015; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 27933 • Same except stream on Pinheirinho Road ; −22.7281, −44.6346; 09. II.2015; 4 males, 4 females, CEIOC 27914 • Same except stream on SP-221 Road; −22.7130, −44.6373; 7 males, 5 females, CEIOC 27932 .

Distribution in Brazil. MG*, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 41. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Veliidae. A. Rhagovelia modesta, apterous male from Casimiro de Abreu / Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4342, −42.2934). B. Rhagovelia pseudotijuca, apterous male from São José do Barreiro, São Paulo (−22.7349, −44.6162). C, D. Rhagovelia rioana from Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro (−23.1414, −44.2987). C. Apterous male. D. Apterous female. Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 42. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Rhagovelia modesta. B. Rhagovelia pseudotijuca. C. Rhagovelia rioana. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.