Rhagovelia humboldti Polhemus, 1997

Motta, Flávia Souza Da, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Crumière, Antonin Jean Johan, Santos, Maria Emília & Khila, Abderrahman, 2018, A new species of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from French Guiana, with new records of Gerromorpha from the country, Zootaxa 4433 (3), pp. 520-530 : 527

Rhagovelia humboldti Polhemus, 1997

This species was described from the Venezuelan Amazon, and has not been recorded from other localities ( Polhemus 1997, Padilla-Gil & Moreira 2013). Its presence in French Guiana is reported here for the first time, indicating that it might also occur in other portions of the Guiana Shield in Guyana, Suriname, and northern Brazil.

Material examined. FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne —Régina, small stream after military check, N 0 4.26076, W 0 52.13031, 08.III.2014, (A. Khila; M. E. Santos; A. J. J. Crumière): 2 apterous males, 4 apterous females, 4 nymphs ( IGFL).