Rhagovelia brunae Magalhães & Moreira, 2016

Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Reduciendo-Klementová, Barbora, Svitok, Marek & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2019, New species, new record, and key to the species of Rhagovelia in the robusta group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Venezuela, Zootaxa 4603 (2), pp. 389-396 : 395

Rhagovelia brunae Magalhães & Moreira, 2016

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This species was recently described based on material collected in the state of Pará, northern Brazil and later reported from nearby localities (Magalh„es et al. 2016, Cunha & Juen 2017). Two apterous males of R. brunae were found among the material from eastern Venezuela, which expands the known distribution of the species more than 1500 km westward.

Material examined. VENEZUELA, Bolívar, Gran Sabana, Canaima National Park , BIOCOR 11 KVALITA, 5.03656/ -61.07594, 02.XII.2012, M. Svitok Leg (2³, apterous, CEIOC-21245) .

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FIGURES 1–9. 1–8) Rhagovelia kmenti Magalh„es & Moreira, sp. nov., paratypes. 1) Male, dorsal view. 2) Female, dorsal view. 3) Male, head and prothorax, ventral view. 4) Male, hind femur, tibia, and tarsus, lateral view. 5) Female, hind trochanter, femur, and tibia, lateral view. 6) Male, part of thorax, abdomen, and part of hind legs, ventral view. 7) Male, part of hind leg and abdomen, ventral view. 8) Female, part of thorax, hind leg, and abdomen ventral view. 9) Rhagovelia brunae, male, dorsal view [scale bars = 1.00 mm].