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Issue: Vol. 5296 No. 2: 26 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.6
Page range: 250-264
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Description of a new species and new records of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from northern and northeastern Brazil

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Laboratório de Entomologia; Avenida Brasil; 4365; Pavilhão Mourisco; sala 214; Manguinhos; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; CEP 21041-250; Brazil. Universidade Estadual do Maranhão; Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias; Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática; Rua do Morro do Alecrim; s/n; Morro do Alecrim; Caxias; MA; CEP 65604-380; Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Laboratório de Entomologia; Avenida Brasil; 4365; Pavilhão Mourisco; sala 214; Manguinhos; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; CEP 21041-250; Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Laboratório de Entomologia; Avenida Brasil; 4365; Pavilhão Mourisco; sala 214; Manguinhos; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; CEP 21041-250; Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Laboratório de Entomologia; Avenida Brasil; 4365; Pavilhão Mourisco; sala 214; Manguinhos; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; CEP 21041-250; Brazil
Hemiptera Aquatic insects geographic distribution Gerromorpha Neotropical Region Rhagoveliinae riffle bugs taxonomy

Abstract

Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) is a species-rich and widespread genus of semiaquatic bugs, found both in freshwater and coastal marine environments. Despite the considerable number of species recorded from Brazil, the northern and northeastern regions of the country remain poorly explored. We present here the description of a new species of the angustipes complex, Rhagovelia leilae Paiva, Rodrigues & Moreira, sp. nov., and new records for the following species: R. brunae Magalhães & Moreira, 2016; R. evidis Bacon, 1948; R. hambletoni Drake & Harris, 1933; R. humboldti Polhemus, 1997; R. tenuipes Champion, 1898; and R. whitei (Breddin, 1898). These include the first records of species of Rhagovelia from the states of Pernambuco and Tocantins, and also increase the number of known species from the states of Alagoas, Bahia, and Maranhão to six, five and six, respectively.

 

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