<strong>A new species of <em>Rhagovelia</em> Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Brazil</strong>

CARLA FERNANDA BURGUEZ FLORIANO; FELIPE FERRAZ FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4018.3.7

Issue: Vol. 4018 No. 3: 16 Sept. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-09-16

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.3.7

Page range: 437–443

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**A new species of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Brazil**

CARLA FERNANDA BURGUEZ FLORIANO⁺⁻
FELIPE FERRAZ FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA⁺⁻

Department of Biological Sciences. Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis, SP, Brasil. Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Hemiptera Aquatic insects Neotropical Region taxonomy water striders

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Abstract

Rhagovelia kararao sp. nov., collected in sandstone caves from northern Brazil, is described and compared with similar and related species. Rhagovelia pachymeri Nieser & Melo, 1997 is synonymized with Rhagovelia robusta Gould, 1931. An updated key to the species of the robusta group occurring in Brazil is presented.