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Issue: Vol. 2784 No. 1: 7 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2784.1.3
Page range: 33–38
Abstract views: 66
PDF downloaded: 1

A new Rhagovelia in the armata group from Colombia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae)

Universidad de Nariño, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biología, Ciudad Universitaria Torobajo, San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia
Hemiptera new species aquatic insects tropical South America key to species Colombia

Abstract

Rhagovelia quilichaensis sp. nov. is described from Santander de Quilichao Municipality, Cauca Department, Colombia, and placed in the armata group. A key to the species of Rhagovelia species in the armata group from Colombia is provided.

References

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    Polhemus, D.A. (1997) Systematics of the Genus Rhagovelia Mayr (Heteroptera:Veliidae) in the Western Hemisphere (Exclusive of the angustipes complex). Thomas Say Publications in Entomology: Monographs, Lanham, Maryland: Entomological Society of America, 386 pp.