Rhagovelia aiuruoca Moreira & Ribeiro 2009
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos
name: Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva
name: Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez
name: Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira
name: Magalhães, Oséias Martins
name: Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim
name: Martins, Thaynara De Souza
name: Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da
name: Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira
name: Salles, Frederico Falcão
name: Viala, Séverine
name: Khila, Abderrahman
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia aiuruoca

description: Rhagovelia aiuruoca Moreira & Ribeiro, 2009
Figs. 36E, 37C
Comments. Only member of the obesa group (Polhemus 1997) occurring in South America (Moreira & Ribeiro 2009). Specific identification can be confirmed based on the armature of the male hind femur and shape of the male paramere (Moreira & Ribeiro 2009).
New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Iúna, Rogério Waterfall; alt. 1087 m; −20.3680, −41.8315; 22. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 81849.— Minas Gerais • Piranguçu, São Bernardo Waterfall; −22.5781, −45.4871; 01.X.2017; FFF Moreira, FS Motta, IRS Cordeiro, TS Martins leg.; 23 males, 23 females, CEIOC 81803 • Piranguçu, stream on the road, −22.6195, −45.5234; 29.IX.2017; FFF Moreira, FS Motta, IRS Cordeiro, TS Martins leg.; 5 males, 9 females, CEIOC 81804.— Rio de Janeiro • Itatiaia, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, lower part of the park; 19.IX.2014; LS Barbosa leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81874 • Resende, São Francisco River; −22.3842, −44.5511; 15.XI.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, RB Braga, JMS Rodrigues leg.; 3 females, CEIOC 21248 • Resende / Itatiaia, Poço das Antas; −22.3617, −44.5876; 17.XI.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, RB Braga, JMS Rodrigues leg.; 4 males, 8 females, CEIOC 21249.— São Paulo • Campos do Jordão, roadside waterfall; −22.6517, −45.5132; 01.X.2017; FFF Moreira, FS Motta, IRS Cordeiro, TS Martins leg.; 2 males, 4 females, CEIOC 81802 • Campos do Jordão, river at the entrance to the Campista Farm; −22.6799, −45.5733; 01.X.2017; FFF Moreira, FS Motta, IRS Cordeiro, TS Martins leg.; 45 males, 23 females, CEIOC 81809 • São José do Barreiro, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina, Mambucaba River (tributary); −22.7683, −44.6100; 08.XI.2015; IRS Cordeiro, B Clarkson, FS Motta, FFF Moreira leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 81793 • São José do Barreiro, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina, Santo Isidro Waterfall; −22.7481, −44.6145; 07. II.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, B Clarkson leg.; 7 males, 18 females, CEIOC 21246 • Same except stream on Pinheirinho Road; −22.7273, −44.6323; 09. II.2015; 7 males, 14 females, CEIOC 21247 • Same except Posses Waterfall; −22.7803, −44.6112; 08. II.2015; 60 males, 133 females, CEIOC 21250 • Same except stream tributary to Mambucaba River; −22.7549, −44.6186; 25 males, 23 females, CEIOC 21251, 21253 • Same except −22.7683, −44.6100; 17 males, 8 females, CEIOC 21259 • Same except Mambucaba River; −22.7430, −44.6165; 13 males, 14 females, CEIOC 21254.
Distribution in Brazil. ES*, MG, RJ, SP.
description: Published as part of Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, pp. 1-86 in Zootaxa 5393 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5393.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10437804