A new Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, with a key to species of the robusta group known from the country

FELIPE FERRAZ FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA; JULIANNA FREIRES BARBOSA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3790.4.8

Issue: Vol. 3790 No. 4: 23 Apr. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-04-23

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.4.8

Page range: 595–600

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**A new Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, with a key to species of the robusta group known from the country**

FELIPE FERRAZ FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA⁺⁻
JULIANNA FREIRES BARBOSA⁺⁻

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos. Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Rocha Lima, Quinto Andar. Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. CEP 21045-900.

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Entomologia. Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho 373, CCS, Bloco A, Sala 107. Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. CEP 21941-971, Caixa Postal 68044.

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Abstract

Rhagovelia zecai sp. nov., from the Brazilian Amazon, is described, illustrated, compared with similar species, and included in a key to species of the robusta group recorded from the country.