Rhagovelia rosarensis Padilla-Gil 2010
Creators: name: Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra
name: Morales, Irina
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia rosarensis

description: Rhagovelia rosarensis Padilla-Gil, 2010
(Figs. 1E, 2E, 3E, 4E, 22C)
Rhagovelia rosarensis Padilla-Gil, 2010: 63.
Holotype apterous male. BL 2.25; HL 0.30; HW 0.61; INT 0.28; ANT I 0.60, ANT II 0.31, ANT III 0.45, ANT IV 0.36; EYE 0.22; PL 0.12; PW 0.70; FORELEG: FEM 0.76; TIB 0.88, TAR I 0.04, TAR II 0.20; MIDLEG: FEM 1.16, TIB 1.21, TAR I 0.48, TAR II 0.51; HINDLEG: FEM 1.06, TIB 1.35, TAR I 0.04, TAR II 0.27.
Head dorsally black, covered with golden pubescence; longitudinal midline and a posterior pair of indentations impressed and shiny. Venter of head black. Buccula yellow. Labium brown. Eye dark red. Antenniferous tubercle brown. Basal third of antennomere I yellow; apex of I and rest of antenna brown. Pronotum dark orange behind vertex of head, black laterally. Meso- and metanota black, covered with golden pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metapleura black, covered with greyish pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metasterna black, covered with greyish and golden pubescence. Pro- and metacetabula black with yellowish margin, mesoacetabulum black. Coxae and trochanters yellow. Fore femur yellow in more than basal half, apex brown. Middle femur dark brown to black. Hind femur dark brown to black with a yellow mark from the base to the middle in ventral and dorsal views. Tibiae and tarsi brown. Abdominal mediotergites black, covered with golden pubescence; dorsum of segments VII–VIII shiny black centrally. Abdominal laterotergites black, covered with golden pubescence, with lateral margins shiny black. Abdominal sterna black, covered with greyish and golden pubescence; sternum VII with shiny yellowish-brown mark posteriorly; sternum VIII shiny black.
Head short, covered with short setae; frons with longer setae. Antenna covered with short dark brown setae, denser on antennomere IV; antennomere I with at least six longer, thick, brown setae.Antennomeres I– III cylindrical; IV fusiform; I and IV wider in the middle than II– III, which are subequal. Labium short with golden setae laterally on article III. Ocular setae present. Pronotum short, not covering mesonotum, covered with short golden setae, denser laterally; posterior margin almost straight. Mesonotum covered with short golden setae, denser on posterior margin; posterior margin convex centrally. Metanotum short; posterior margin straight centrally. Meso- and metasterna covered with long golden setae. Sides of thorax with long brown setae. Legs covered with short setae, with rows of longer, thicker setae on femora and tibiae. Trochanters without spines. Fore tibia strongly curved distally, with preapical depression; grasping comb extended beyond apex. Hind femur surpassing apex of abdomen, slightly wider than middle femur, with posterior margin sinuous; distal half of posterior surface with row of about 6 spines decreasing in size towards apex. Hind tibia without spines. Abdominal mediotergites subrectangular; segment VIII dorsally round, short. Abdominal laterotergites slightly raised, with short golden setae. Abdominal sterna without black denticles or carina, covered with short golden setae.
Paratype apterous female. BL 3.06; HL 0.38; HW 0.75; INT 0.28; ANT I 0.80, ANT II 0.46, ANT III 0.53, ANT IV 0.50; EYE 0.21; PL 0.21; PW 0.90; FORELEG: FEM 1.07; TIB 1.15, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.24; MIDLEG: FEM 1.70, TIB 1.51, TAR I 0.70, TAR II 0.75; HINDLEG: FEM 1.30, TIB 1.80, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.42.
Similar to apterous male in structure and color. Hind femur with distal half of posterior surface with row of about 4 small spines decreasing in size towards apex. Abdominal mediotergites VI –VII with shiny black marks centrally; tergum VIII shiny black centrally. Abdominal laterotergites with lateral margins yellow to orange. Abdominal sternum VII with shiny brown mark.
Distribution. Colombia: Nariño (Padilla-Gil 2010) (Fig. 22C).
Type material examined. Holotype ♂ apterous (ICN 049527): ‘ Colombia \ Nariño \ municipio de Tumaco \ río Rosario \ vereda Corriente Grande \ 24.X.2009 \ Col: D. N. Padilla’. Paratype ♀ apterous (ICN 049527): same data as holotype.
description: Published as part of Galindo-Malagón, Ximena Alejandra, Morales, Irina & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Revision of the Rhagovelia angustipes complex (Insecta: Hemiptera: Veliidae from Colombia, pp. 167-225 in Zootaxa 4958 (1) on pages 177-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4691515