Rhagovelia potamophila Zettel, 1996

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 potamophila Zettel, 1996

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2 males (ma); Taxon: scientificName: Rhagoveliapotamophila; Location: island: Mindoro; country: Philippines; municipality: Puerto Galera; locationRemarks: 305z; Event: eventDate: 22.06.2017

Distribution

Rhagovelia potamophila Zettel, 1996 (see Zettel 1996) is endemic to Mindoro ( Freitag and Pangantihon 2010). We present one additional record (Fig. 8 ).

Taxon discussion

For identification, see Zettel (1996), a habitus illustration is provided in Freitag and Pangantihon (2010).

Habitat

The specimens were found neustic on flowing water near root packs of a small river in a rural area (Fig. 1 B).

Figures

Figure 1. Sampling sites at northern Mindoro (Baco, Puerto Galera). A. the first author sampling at site 396; B. Tagbinai Malaki River (305); C. Tukunan River at " Hidden Paradise " (303); D. lower Dulangan River (356).

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