Rhagovelia caunapi Padilla-Gil 2015
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 caunapi

description: Rhagovelia caunapi Padilla-Gil, 2015
(Figs. 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A, 23A)
Rhagovelia caunapi Padilla-Gil, 2015: 81.
Holotype apterous male. BL 3.00; HL 0.30; HW 0.80; INT 0.27; ANT I 0.95, ANT II 0.55, ANT III 0.45, ANT IV 0.65; EYE 0.31; PL 0.20; PW 0.95; FORELEG: FEM 1.25; TIB 1.10; TAR I 0.06; TAR II 0.03; TAR III 0.28; MIDLEG: FEM 2.37; TIB 1.60; TAR I 0.08; TAR II 0.80; TAR III 0.75; HINDLEG: FEM 1.55; TIB 2.20; TAR I 0.04; TAR II 0.04; TAR III 0.23.
Head dorsally black, covered with greyish pubescence; longitudinal midline and a pair of oblique indentations at base impressed and shiny. Venter of head black. Buccula and labium brown. Eye dark red. Antenniferous tubercle brown. Basal 1/4 of antennomere I yellow; apex of I and rest of antenna brown. Pronotum dark orange between eyes behind vertex of head, black laterally and posteriorly. Meso- and metanota black, covered with greyish pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metapleura black, covered with greyish pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metasterna black, covered with greyish pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metacetabula black, with yellow posteriorly. Fore and hind coxae yellowish brown. Middle coxa black with brown spots. Fore trochanter yellowish-brown; middle trochanter brown; hind trochanter yellow. Femora, tibiae and tarsi black.Abdominal mediotergites black, covered with greyish pubescence; VIII shiny black with base brown; proctiger shiny black, covered with short golden setae. Abdominal laterotergites black, covered with golden pubescence, with lateral margins shiny black. Abdominal sterna black, covered with greyish pubescence, except for sternum VII shiny black.
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, thicker brown setae; II with many of these setae along lateral margin. 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 greyish setae, denser on the posterior margin; posterior margin slightly concave. Mesonotum covered with short golden setae, denser on posterior margin; posterior margin convex centrally. Metanotum short; posterior margin straight centrally. Pro- and metasternum covered with long golden setae. Legs covered with short setae, with rows of longer thicker setae on femora and tibiae. Fore trochanter and femur densely covered with short setae. Trochanters without spines. Fore tibia slightly curved distally, with weak preapical depression; grasping comb extending slightly beyond apex. Hind femur distinctly surpassing apex of abdomen, thinner than middle femur, without spines, slightly curved. Hind tibia curved, without denticles or apical spur. Abdominal mediotergites subrectangular.Abdominal laterotergites slightly raised, but not vertical, covered with short greyish setae.Abdominal sternum VII with median carina covered with short greyish setae.
Paratype apterous female. BL 3.10; HL 0.35; HW 0.80; INT 0.25; ANT I 0.70, ANT II 0.35, ANT III 0.30, ANT IV 0.48; EYE 0.25; PL 0.20; PW 0.90; FORELEG: FEM 0.90; TIB 0.90; TAR I 0.06; TAR II 0.02; TAR III 0.28; MIDLEG: FEM 1.95; TIB 1.35; TAR I 0.10; TAR II 0.80; TAR III 0.70; HINDLEG: FEM 1.30; TIB 1.85; TAR I 0.04; TAR II 0.06; TAR III 0.20.
Similar to apterous male in structure and color. Abdominal laterotergites more elevated and sinuous than in male. Abdominal sternum VII without median carina, with shiny black mark centrally.
Distribution. Colombia: Nariño (Padilla-Gil 2015) (Fig. 23A).
Type material examined. Holotype ♂ apterous (ICN): ‘ Colombia \ Nariño \ Tumaco \ La Espriella \ río Caunapi \ 21.VI.2010 \ Col: D. N. Padilla’. Paratype ♀ apterous: 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 190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4691515