New species, new record, and key to the species of Rhagovelia in the robusta group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Venezuela

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Technical University in Zvolen. Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Department of Biology and General Ecology. Zvolen, Slovakia.
Technical University in Zvolen. Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Department of Biology and General Ecology. Zvolen, Slovakia / University of South Bohemia. Faculty of Science. Department of Ecosystem Biology. Ceské Budèjovice, Czech Republic.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.

Abstract

Rhagovelia kmenti Magalhães & Moreira, sp. nov. is described, illustrated, and compared with congeners. The new species belongs to the robusta group and its males can be distinguished from group congeners by the dark-brown general coloration, the armature of the hind trochanter, femur, and tibia, and by the distinctive shape of the paramere. In addition, Rhagovelia brunae Magalhães & Moreira, 2016 is newly recorded from Venezuela and a key to the species of the robusta group from the country is presented.

Keywords in Portuguese

Insetos aquáticos
Região Neotropical
Taxonomia

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Aquatic insects
Neotropical Region
riffle bugs
Taxonomy

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Magnolia Press

Citation

MAGALHÃES, Oséias Martins et al. New species, new record, and key to the species of Rhagovelia in the robusta group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Venezuela. Zootaxa 4603, n. 2, p. 389-396, 2019.

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10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.11

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1175-5326

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/33420

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2030-01-01

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