Rhagovelia grandis Padilla-Gil 2011
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 grandis

description: Rhagovelia grandis Padilla-Gil, 2011
(Figs. 9D, 10D, 11D, 12D, 19M, 20M, 23B)
Rhagovelia grandis Padilla-Gil, 2011: 212.
Holotype apterous male. BL 4.13; HL 0.49; HW 0.90; INT 0.28; ANT I 1.15, ANT II 0.65, ANT III 0.73, ANT IV 0.63; EYE 0.37; PL 0.25; PW 1.08; FORELEG: FEM 1.40; TIB 1.45; TAR I 0.08; TAR II 0.04; TAR III 0.36; MIDLEG: FEM 2.10; TIB 1.60; TAR I 0.10; TAR II 0.70; TAR III 0.85; HINDLEG: FEM 1.85; TIB 1.80; TAR I 0.10; TAR II 0.22; TAR III 0.38.
Head dorsally black, covered with golden pubescence; longitudinal midline and a pair of oblique indentations at base impressed and shiny. Venter of head black. Buccula yellow. Labium brown. Eye dark red. Antenniferous tubercle brown. Antennomere I yellow on basal 1/3; apex of I and rest of antenna dark brown. Pronotum dark orange between eyes behind vertex of head, dark brown laterally and posteriorly, covered with golden pubescence. Meso- and metanota black, covered with golden pubescence. Propleuron black with yellow spot anteriorly; meso- and metapleura black, covered with greyish pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metasterna black, covered with greyish pubescence. Proacetabulum yellowish-orange, meso- and metacetabula black with yellowish margins. Coxae yellow; fore and hind trochanters yellow; middle trochanter brown at base, black towards apex. Fore femur yellow on basal half, apical half brown. Middle and hind femora black. Tibiae and tarsi black. Abdominal mediotergites black, covered with golden pubescence; dorsum of abdominal segment 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, except for brown mark at the middle of sternum VII.
Head short, covered with short setae; frons with longer setae. Antenna covered with short brown setae, denser on antennomere IV; antennomere I with at least six longer, thick brown setae; II with two of these setae closer to middle. Antennomeres I– III cylindrical; IV fusiform; I and IV subequal in width at the middle; II subequal in width to III, slightly thinner than I and IV. Labium short. Ocular setae present. Pronotum short, not covering mesonotum, covered with short golden setae, denser laterally; posterior margin slightly concave. Mesonotum covered with short golden setae, denser on posterior margin; posterior margin convex centrally. Metanotum short; posterior margin straight centrally. Sides of thorax with long brown setae. Meso- and metasterna with long golden setae. Legs covered with short setae, with rows of longer, thicker setae on femora and tibiae. Trochanters without spines. Fore tibia slightly curved distally, with weak preapical depression; grasping comb extending slightly beyond apex. Hind femur surpassing apex of abdomen, wider than middle femur, with anterior margin curved, posterior margin sinuous, distal half of posterior surface with a row of 6–7 spines decreasing in size towards apex. Hind tibia with about 20 denticles on posterior surface, apical spur straight. Abdominal mediotergites subrectangular. Abdominal laterotergites almost horizontal, more strongly convergent for last three segments, with short golden setae. Abdominal sterna without black denticles or carina, covered with short golden setae. Proctiger subtriangular; basal lobes weak, curved; apex rounded, densely covered with setae. Paramere short, with few thick setae at the middle; middle portion expanded; apex acute.
Paratype apterous female. BL 4.63; HL 0.51; HW 0.90; INT 0.29; ANT I 1.20, ANT II 0.70, ANT III 0.80, ANT IV 0.60; EYE 0.38; PL 0.30; PW 1.13; FORELEG: FEM 1.40; TIB 1.45; TAR I 0.08; TAR II 0.04; TAR III 0.36; MIDLEG: FEM 2.30; TIB 1.65; TAR I 0.10; TAR II 0.75; TAR III 0.93; HINDLEG: FEM 1.95; TIB 1.90; TAR I 0.08; TAR II 0.20; TAR III 0.42.
Similar to apterous male in structure and color. Hind femur slightly thinner than in male, with about 4 spines. Dorsum of abdominal segments VII–VIII shiny black centrally. Abdominal sternum VII with shiny brown mark medially; apex dark yellow.
Distribution. Colombia: Huila (Padilla-Gil 2011), Tolima (Parra-Trujillo et al. 2014) (Fig. 23B).
Type material examined. Holotype ♂ apterous (ICN 054109): ‘ Colombia \ Huila \ municipio de Oporapa \ quebrada Caparrosa \ 07.II.2001 \ Col: W. Bonilla’. Paratype ♀ apterous (ICN 054110): 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 page 197, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4691515