Rhagovelia raddai Zettel, 1994

Pelingen, Arthien Lovell, Zettel, Herbert, Pangantihon, Clister V, Aldaba, Kyra Mari Dominique, Fatallo, Earl Kevin, de Leon, Jemillie Madonna & Freitag, Hendrik, 2020, Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera), Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 56883-56883 : 56883

Rhagovelia raddai Zettel, 1994

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 4 males (ap); Taxon: scientificName: Rhagoveliaraddai; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HQCz; Event: eventDate: 30.06.2017 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 4 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Rhagoveliaraddai; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Roxas; locationRemarks: HQCy; Event: eventDate: 23.09.2017

Distribution

Rhagovelia raddai Zettel, 1994 (see Zettel 1994) (Fig. 6 H) is endemic to Mindoro ( Zettel 1994). See Fig. 8 for additional records.

Taxon discussion

For identification, see Zettel (1994).

Habitat

The species is commonly found in moderately fast flowing creeks and lotic sections of the river ( Zettel 1994), such as in our study.

Figures

Figure 6. Selected habitus illustrations of Gerromorpha of Mindoro A. Hebrus sp.; B. Mesovelia vittigera; C. Hydrometra mindoroensis; D. Microvelia douglasi; E. Pseudovelia cf. curvata; F. Strongylovelia mindoroensis; G. Rhagovelia mindoroensis; H. Rhagovelia raddai. Scale bars 1 mm.

Figure 8. Distribution of the collecting sites of Gerromorpha material (part 2) treated in this study.