Rhagovelia arcuata ( Polhemus & Manzano, 1992 )

Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra, Morales, Irina & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Revision of the Rhagovelia angustipes complex (Insecta: Hemiptera: Veliidae from Colombia, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 167-225 : 171

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.11
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scientific name	Rhagovelia arcuata ( Polhemus & Manzano, 1992 )
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Rhagovelia arcuata ( Polhemus & Manzano, 1992) View in CoL

( Figs.1A View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 , 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 , 19A View FIGURE 19 , 20A View FIGURE 20 , 22A View FIGURE 22 )

Trochopus arcuatus Polhemus & Manzano, 1992: 317 View in CoL .

Rhagovelia arcuata ( Polhemus & Manzano, 1992) View in CoL ; Polhemus (1997: 379).

Diagnosis. Body length ~3.00 mm in the male and ~ 4.20 mm in the female. Eye not covered with abundant setae. Tarsal formula 2-2-2. Male fore tibia strongly curved ( Figs. 1A View FIGURE 1 , 21A View FIGURE 21 ). Posterior surface of male hind femur with about 6 spines basally, followed by a stout bent spine before middle, then about 10 smaller spines towards apex. Central shiny areas on dorsum of abdominal segments VII–VIII in both sexes. Male abdominal segment VIII small, approximately equal in length dorsally to mediotergite VII ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ). Paramere and proctiger as in Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 , 20A View FIGURE 20 . Female abdominal laterotergites horizontal ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ).

Distribution. Colombia: Cauca ( Polhemus & Manzano 1992), Nariño ( Padilla-Gil & Arcos 2011, Padilla-Gil & Pacheco-Chaves 2012), Valle del Cauca ( Polhemus & Manzano 1992, this work) ( Fig. 22A View FIGURE 22 ).

Material examined. Valle del Cauca: Buenaventura, Bocana Santa Clara , stream, 2005-VI-13 (I. Morales): 9 ♂ apterous, 3 ♀ apterous ( CIUQ) . Buenaventura, Bocana , manglar, 2004-XI-05 (I. Morales & F. Molano): 2 ♂ apterous ( CIUQ) .