Rhagovelia williamsi Gould, 1931

Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra, Mondragón-F, Silvia Patricia, Morales, Irina & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2022, New species, synonymies and records in the genus Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 5087 (1), pp. 1-34 : 26

Rhagovelia williamsi Gould, 1931

( Fig. 11A , 14C )

Rhagovelia williamsi Gould, 1931: 47 .

Diagnosis. Body length: apterous male (~2.9), apterous female (~3.1). General color dark-brown, with anterior band of pronotum lighter-yellowish. Pronotum of apterous form completely covering mesonotum. Male proepisternum lacking minute black denticles. Apterous male hind trochanter with 3–4 small subequal spines and one longer spine. Apterous male hind femur with one moderate spine at basal 1/3, followed by a longer spine near the middle, then by 7–8 decreasing spines to apex. Apterous male hind tibia with two rows of subequal pegs throughout length and a straight apical spur. Male paramere as in Polhemus (1997: 185, fig. 128). Apterous female abdomen without median carina. Macropterous female pronotum without elevated posterior projection.

Distribution. COLOMBIA: Putumayo ( Padilla-Gil 2014, 2019a, b; this work), Vaupés ( Aristizábal-García 2017, this work) ( Fig. 11A ). ECUADOR ( Gould 1931).

Material examined. Putumayo: Orito, Quebrada Cañabravita , 21.III.2012, (N. Tórres): 2 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-10848). Orito, Aguas abajo B5 SE, 21.X.2010, (N. Tórres): 1 ♂ apterous (UPTC-In-10850). Orito, Quebrada Cañabravita NE PB5, Gaia, 21.III.2012, (N. Tórres): 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-10851) . Vaupés: Mitú, Comunidad indígena Acaricuara , 23.VIII.2008, ( R. Pedroza ): 16 ♂ apterous, 5 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-10846). Mitú, Comunidad indígena Acaricuara, Caño Paca, 16.XI.2008, ( R. Pedroza): 9 ♂ apterous (UPTC-In-10847). Mitú, Comunidad indígena Acaricuara, 23.VIII.2008, ( R. Pedroza): 2 ♂ apterous, 2 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-10849) .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Geographic distributions in Colombia of A. Rhagovelia williamsi; B. Rhagovelia zeteki.

FIGURE 14. Specimens of the genus Rhagovelia recorded from Colombia, dorsal view: A. R. trailii (apterous male); B. R. venezuelana (apterous male); C. R. williamsi (apterous male); D. R. zeteki (apterous male); E. R. gaigei (apterous male).