Rhagovelia accedens Drake, 1957

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 : 52

Rhagovelia accedens Drake, 1957

Figs. 36A , 37A

Diagnosis. Member of the itatiaiana group ( Polhemus 1997). Body length 4.2–4.8 mm; male hind femur without spines on proximal 2/5; male abdominal sternum VII without median tuft of brown setae; apterous female abdominal mediotergite I elevated with mediotergites II and III ( Magalhães et al. 2023).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Iúna, Rogério Waterfall ;alt. 1087 m; −20.3680, −41.8315; 22. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81865 . — Minas Gerais • Pimenta , stream in farm; −20.6003, −45.8150; 30. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , A Khila, S Viala leg.; 16 males, 12 females, CEIOC 21295 • Piranguçu , stream on the road; −22.6195, −45.5234; 29.IX.2017; FFF Moreira, FS Motta, IRS Cordeiro, TS Martins leg.; 1male, 2 females, CEIOC 81791 • Piranguçu , stream on the road; −22.6375, −45.5503; 29.IX.2017; FFF Moreira, FS Motta, IRS Cordeiro, TS Martins leg.; 2 females, CEIOC 81794 • Piranguçu , first order stream; −22.6069, −45.5314; 29.IX.2017, FFF Moreira, FS Motta, IRS Cordeiro, TS Martins leg.; 3 males, 8 females, CEIOC 81797 .— Rio de Janeiro • Teresópolis, Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos , Pedra do Sino trail, station 6; −22.4589, −43.0245; 29.XII.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta leg.; 1 male, 4 females, CEIOC 21260 • Same except station 3; −22.4506, −43.0137; 2 males, 3 females, CEIOC 21265 • Same except station 1; −22.4483, −43.0077; 22 males, 22 females, CEIOC 21269 , 21296 • Same except station 4; −22.4506, −43.0137; 59 males, 28 females, CEIOC 21280 , 21298 • Same except station 2; −22.4485, −43.0135; 36 males, 24 females, CEIOC 21297 • Teresópolis, Paquequer River below dam; −22.4512, −43.0012; 27.XII.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta leg.; 13 males, 11 females, CEIOC 21262 , 21277 , 21278 • Same except right branch of Paquequer River ; −22.4561, −42.9966; 28.XII.2014; 4 males, 4 females, CEIOC 21264 , 21276 • Same except tributaries on right margin of Paquequer River ; −22.4549, −42.9999; 27.XII.2014; 12 male, 14 females, CEIOC 21279 .— São Paulo • Campos do Jordão , first order stream beside the road; −22.6794, −45.5727; 01.X.2017; FFF Moreira, FS Motta, IRS Cordeiro, TS Martins leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81796 • Campos do Jordão , stream on the road; −22.6419, −45.5498; 29.IX.2017; FFF Moreira, FS Motta, IRS Cordeiro, TS Martins leg.; 14 males, 14 females, 10, CEIOC 81800 • Campos do Jordão, Chico da Matta Waterfall ; −22.7319, −45.5624; 30.IX.2017, FFF Moreira, FS Motta, IRS Cordeiro, TS Martins leg.; 9 males, 4 females, CEIOC 81799 • São José do Barreiro, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina, stream on Pinheirinho Road ; −22.7273, −44.6323; 09. II.2015; FFF Moreira , IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, B. Clarkson leg.; 3 males, 2 females, CEIOC 21261 • Same except −22.7281, −44.6346; 24 males, 13 females, CEIOC 21287 • Same except stream tributary to Mambucaba River ; −22.7349, −44.6162; 07. II.2015; 8 males, 1 female, CEIOC 21282 • Same except −22.7683, −44.6100; 08. II.2015; 15 males, 3 females, CEIOC 21289 • Same except stream on SP-221 road; −22.7130, −44.6373; 09. II.2015; 46 males, 23 females, CEIOC 21291 .

Distribution in Brazil. ES, MG, RJ, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 36. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Veliidae. A. Rhagovelia accedens, apterous male from Pimenta, Minas Gerais (−20.6003, −45.8150). B−D. Rhagovelia agra from Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4561, −42.996). B. Apterous male, dorsal view. C, D. Apterous female. C. Dorsal view. D. Lateral view. E. Rhagovelia aiuruoca, apterous male from São José do Barreiro, São Paulo (−22.7803, −44.6112). Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 37. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas.A. Rhagovelia accedens. B. Rhagovelia agra. C. Rhagovelia aiuruoca. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.