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Issue: Vol. 2621 No. 1: 22 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2621.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of Rhagovelia in the salina 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 key to species new species aquatic insects South America Tropical Pacific Colombia Nariño

Abstract

Rhagovelia rosarensis sp. nov. and Rhagovelia aguaclara sp. nov. from south-west Colombia are described and placed in the salina group. A key to the species of Rhagovelia in the salina group from Colombia, and habitat and distribution information for some species are provided.

References

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    Polhemus, J. & Manzano, M. (1992) Marine Heteroptera of the Eastern Tropical (Gelastocoridae, Gerridae, Mesoveliidae, Saldidae, Veliidae). In: Quintero D. & Arevo A. (Eds.), Insect of Panama and Mesoamerica. Oxford University Press, pp. 302–319.