Rhagovelia victoria Padilla-Gil, 2012, sp. n.
Creators: name: Padilla-Gil, Dora N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia victoria

description: Rhagovelia victoria sp. n.
Type material. HOLOTYPE, apt 3, COLOMBIA, Departamento Magdalena, Santa Marta, Corregimiento Minca, Hacienda La Victoria, 11º 7’ 22.2” N, 74º 5’ 29.7” 1075 m, 14.X.2007, 1 apt M, leg. F. Fernandez (ICN). PARATYPE, same data as holotype, 1 apt M (ICN).
Apterous Male. Length 4.40, maximum width (across pronotum) 1.36. General dorsal coloration uniform orange, with anterior band of pronotum yellow. Body covered with very short, semi-recumbent golden setae, intermixed with scattered long, black setae. All margins (dorsal and ventral) of segments dark brown.
Head orange, antennal segment I yellow, segments II −IV brown, segments I and II also bearing ~8 long stiff, erect black setae, 2 similar setae present near middle of segment II, segments III −IV lacking long, erect setae; lengths of segments I −IV, 0.86, 0.56, 0.62, 0.50; propiesternum with 23 black denticles, jugum with 23 black denticles.
Pronotum orange, anterior 1/4 yellowish, this area of paler coloration extending downward across pleural region; pronotal surface lacking foveae, pronotal lateral and posterior margins and adjacent mesopleural area bearing many long, erect black setae; length/width: 0.92/1.24, completely covering mesonotum but leaving small portion of metanotum exposed; length of exposed metanotum at midline 0.16.
Abdomen orange, margins of tergites I −VII narrowly pruinose; tergite I: 0.24, II: 0.30, III and V equal in length (0.28), tergite VI: 0.32, VII: 0.5, VIII: 0.54; connexival segments upward 30º; tergite VII distal half yellow. Legs yellowish, with distal portions dorsal of hind femur and terminal tarsal segments of middle and hind legs becoming brown distally; fore and middle trochanters unarmed, posterior trochanter bearing 10 small, black peglike teeth; fore, middle, and hind coxae bearing numerous long, erect, black setae; fore tibia weakly expanded and concave ventrally on distal 1/5, with small black grasping pad apically on posterior margin; middle femur and tibia slender, cylindrical; hind femur moderately incrassate, basal half with longitudinal row of 24 small, black pegs, distal half with 2 longitudinal rows of spines, dorsal row beginning 3 small teeth, then with a large, forwardcurving tooth followed by 5 teeth of progressively decreasing size distally, then another 3 small teeth, all teeth yellow-orange, ventral row composed of 12 much smaller subequal-sized black teeth (Fig. 12). Hind tibia weakly sinuate, with a longitudinal row of 19 small, black teeth along posterior margin, a larger tooth on apical ¼, and conical, small, black apical spur (Fig. 12).
Proportions of male legs as follows: fore femur/tibia/tarsal 1/tarsal 2: 1.0/0.90/0.06/0.30; middle femur/tibia/ tarsal 1/tarsal 2/tarsal 3: 1.66/1.34/0.12/0.58/0.80; hind femur/ tibia/ tarsal 1/tarsal 2/tarsal 3: 166/1.46/0.08/0.20/0.40.
Venter yellow, covered with smaller, black denticles; abdominal ventrite I lying in nearly vertical orientation; abdominal ventrites I −III bearing longitudinal median carina; ventrite VII lacking depressions, postero-lateral margins lacking black denticles on each side bordering genital cavity; ventrite VIII not depressed basally; proctiger (Fig. 13); parameres symmetrical, shape as shown in Fig. 14.
Apterous female and macropterous forms: unknown
Etymology. The name “ victoria ” refers to the Hacienda La Victoria, from which the types were collected.
Comparative notes. In relation to other Colombian members of the robusta group, R. victoria may be recognized by its large parameres with a hooked tip (Fig. 14), the shape and armature of the male hind leg, the presence of a large spike at about apical ¾ length on the hind tibia (Fig. 12), and other comparative characters given in the key.
description: Published as part of Padilla-Gil, Dora N., 2012, Two new species of Rhagovelia from Colombia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) with revised keys to the Colombian species in the torquata and robusta groups, pp. 57-63 in Zootaxa 3251 on pages 61-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213414