Altavelia willei ( Drake & Harris, 1940 )

Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, 2019, Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 4585 (2), pp. 295-314 : 311

Altavelia willei ( Drake & Harris, 1940) (new combination)

( Figs. 10 , 11 )

Lelia willei Drake & Harris, 1940: 31 .

Paravelia willei: J. Polhemus, 1976: 512 .

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ apterous ( USNM): ‘ Peru, Santa Eulalia river \ March 29 1935 \ J.E. Wille collector’.

Comments. Distributional records for this species from Peru, to which it seems to be endemic, were provided by D. Polhemus (2014). The male abdominal terminalia of this species have not been previously illustrated, and figures are provided here ( Figs. 11 C, D ) to aid in future recognition of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Distribution of Altavelia flavomarginata, A. inveruglas, A. osborniana, and A. willei.

FIGURE 11. A Altavelia willei, male, dorsal view. B. Altavelia willei, male, dorsal view. C. Altavelia willei, male, apex of abdomen, lateral view. D. Altavelia willei, male, dorsal view, apex of abdomen (Figs. 11A, C and D, specimen from Peru, Dept. Ancash, as listed in D. Polhemus 2014).