Rhagovelia agra 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 : 52-53

Rhagovelia agra Drake, 1957

Figs. 36B–D , 37B

Diagnosis. Member of the lucida group ( Polhemus 1997). Body length approximately 3.8 mm; male antennomere III usually distinctly expanded, clearly thicker than antennomere II; male hind femur with row of short spines on proximal half of posterior surface; apterous female abdominal mediotergite I strongly swollen, projecting above metanotum in lateral view; apterous female abdominal mediotergites II–IV not forming a wide longitudinal carina (Moreira 2012).

New records. BRAZIL — Rio de Janeiro • Cachoeiras de Macacu, Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu , stream, leaf litter, current; −22.453, −42.770; 29. IV.2013, JR Mermudes leg.; 4 males, 4 females, CEIOC 81871 • Itatiaia, Parque Nacional de Itatiaia , road, researcher's house; 13−16. VI.2014; L Barbosa; 3 males, CEIOC 81872 • Macaé, Sana, Sete Quedas Waterfall ; −22.3152, −42.1914; 26. III.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 3 males, 4 females, CEIOC 27949 • Same Peito do Pombo River ; −22.3176, −42.1897; 9 males, 4 females, CEIOC 27955 • Same except Peito do Pombo River , station 2; −22.3165, −42.1902; 29 male, 13 females, CEIOC 27954 • Same except Escorrega Watefall ; −22.3173, −42.1859; 46 male, 15 females, CEIOC 27958 • Same except da Mãe Waterfall ; −22.3159, −42.1906; 70 males, 60 females, CEIOC 27982 • Magé, Grande Waterfall ; −22.5857, −43.1332; 05. III.2016; FFF Moreira, OM Magalhães , FS Motta leg.; 18 males, 10 females, CEIOC 27964 • Petrópolis, Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos , Jacó River , BR-495 Road ; −22.4640, −43.0906; 30.XII.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta leg.; 35 males, 30 females, CEIOC 27968 • Teresópolis, Serra do Subayo, Sayonara City ; −22.446, −42.890; 28.XII.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta leg.; 11 males, 11 females, CEIOC 79963 • Same except Paquequer River below dam; −22.4512, −43.0012; 27.XII.2014; 50 males, 30 females, CEIOC 27969 , 27978 • Same except right branch of Paquequer River ; −22.4561, −42.9966; 28.XII.2014; 49 males, 26 females, CEIOC 27984 .

Distribution in Brazil. RJ.

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.