Rhagovelia femoralis Champion 1898
Creators: name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
name: Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald
name: Springer, Monika
name: Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia femoralis

description: Rhagovelia femoralis Champion, 1898
(Fig. 33)
Known distribution in Costa Rica. Alajuela, Heredia, and Puntarenas (Polhemus 1997). Reported here are the first records from Cartago and San José provinces.
Material examined. COSTA RICA: Alajuela —San Ramón, Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve, 700 m a.s.l., 23.III.2007, (B. Pacheco & M. Zumbado): 2 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 2 nymphs; Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve, San Lorencito River, 10o13’6.8” N / 84o35’48.9” W, 876 m a.s.l., 17.X.2009, (B. Pacheco): 3 apterous males, 1 apterous female; San Lorencito River, in front of station, 860 m a.s.l., 16.II.1994, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 3 apterous females, 5 nymphs; San Lorencito River, 950 m a.s.l., 25.IX.2005, (A. Castillo): 1 apterous female. San Ramón, REBAMB, 18.VIII.2003: 1 apterous male, 2 apterous females. San Ramón, REBAMB, San Lorencito River, 900 m a.s.l., 4.X.2003, (C. Boucher): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female. San Ramón, San Ramón Forest Reserve, 850 m a.s.l., 25.III.1995, (J. Ludwig & R. L. Rodríguez): 2 apterous males, 3 apterous females. San Ramón, San Ramón Reserve, San Lorencito River, 23.XI.1996, (M. Springer): 10 apterous males, 10 apterous females, 22 nymphs. San Ramón, Piedades Sur, Yayo Stream, 700 m a.s.l., 21.IX.2003, (R. Lara): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female. San Ramón, San Lorenzo River, 1500 m a.s.l., 5.IX.2003, (F. Ruíz- Pacheco): 1 apterous male, 1 nymph. Palmares, La Catarata Stream, Rincón de Zaragoza, 1100 m a.s.l., 14.VIII.2005, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous female. San Isidro, Concepción, Tranqueras River, 1600 m a.s.l., 26.XI.2000, (E. Bermúdez): 2 apterous males. Cartago —La Unión, Tres Ríos, Cerro La Carpintera, Istarú, La Chirraca Stream, 1555 m a.s.l., 6.IX.1999, (S. Jenes): 4 apterous males, 4 apterous females. Turrialba, Jícotea, Jícotea River, 1000 m a.s.l., 17.VII.1991, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 1 macropterous female; 09.VI.1991, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 2 macropterous males, 1 apterous female; Jícotea River, 850 m a.s.l., 16.VII.1991 (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female. Paraíso, Birrisito, Parruas River Stream, 1350 m a.s.l., 15.X.1996, (C. Guillén): 2 apterous males. Heredia —Sarapiquí, Angel River, 1400 m a.s.l., 04.X.1998, (T. Mora): 3 apterous males, 3 apterous females, 5 nymphs. Sarapiquí, Cariblanco, stream tributary to Sarapiquí River, 900 m a.s.l., 25.VIII.2005, (B. Pacheco): 2 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female. San Isidro, Lajas River, 1300 m a.s.l., III.1995, (V. Solano): 1 apterous male. Zurquí, Yerbabuena Stream, 1500 m a.s.l., IV.1995, (P. Hanson): 1 apterous male. Puntarenas —Parrita, Damitas River, 9o33.559’ N / 84o11.480’ W, 14.VI.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 teneral apterous male, 2 macropterous males, 2 macropterous females, 1 nymph. Golfito, Cañaza Stream, under waterfall, under 50 m a.s.l., I.1997, (A. Villalobos): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female, 1 macropterous female; Cañaza Stream, waterfall, 10 m a.s.l., IV–V.1999, (T. Hermanson): 1 teneral male. Golfito, El Naranjal Stream, 10 m a.s.l., 20–21.I.2000, (M. Springer): 1 apterous female, 1 nymph. Buenos Aires, Longo Mai, Sonador River, 1050 m a.s.l., 23.VIII.1998, (A. Nunn): 1 apterous male. Golfito, La Gamba Station, Chorro Stream, under 100 m a.s.l., (19.I.2011), (R. Naumann): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female, 1 nymph. Puntarenas, San Luis, Monteverde, Alondra Stream, 1200 m a.s.l., 23.VI.1995: 10 apterous males, 2 macropterous males, 6 apterous females, 2 macropterous female, 17 nymphs. Coto Brus, Las Cruces, Jaba River (Matadero), 10.X.1999, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male. Coto Brus, Las Cruces, Jaba River, 1100 m a.s.l., (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 1 macropterous male; 1200 m a.s.l., (II.1998): 2 apterous males, 2 apterous females, 1 female with broken wings, 6 nymphs. San José —Acosta, Palmichal, Tabarcia River and Negro River, 25.II.2009, (B. Pacheco): 2 apterous females. Acosta, San Ignacio, Chirraca Waterfalls, 1100 m a.s.l., 9.X.2005, (E. Arroyo): 1 apterous male. Moravia, Pará-Blanco River, 10o 1.610 N / 84o0.665’ W, 1418 m a.s.l., 1.II.2009, (B. Pacheco): 2 apterous females, 4 nymphs. Mora, Finca El Rodeo, lake, 04.XI.2000, (D. Vásquez): 1 apterous female. Santa Ana, La Cruz Stream, 1800 m a.s.l., 1.XI.2003, (C. Boucher): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female.
description: Published as part of Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, Springer, Monika & Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, 2015, Two new species of Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Costa Rica, with a key and new records from the country, pp. 477-500 in Zootaxa 3980 (4) on page 492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/242507