Rhagovelia hambletoni Drake & Harris 1933
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos
name: Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva
name: Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez
name: Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira
name: Magalhães, Oséias Martins
name: Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim
name: Martins, Thaynara De Souza
name: Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da
name: Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira
name: Salles, Frederico Falcão
name: Viala, Séverine
name: Khila, Abderrahman
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia hambletoni

description: Rhagovelia hambletoni Drake & Harris, 1933
Fig. 38B, E
Diagnosis. Member of the hambletoni group (Polhemus 1997). Body length 2.9–3.4 mm; middle coxa blackish; hind trochanter pale; male fore trochanter without distal spine; male hind femur with 8–9 spines on posterior surface; male abdominal laterotergites straight, gradually tapering towards apex; female hind femur with 3–5 spines on posterior surface; female abdominal laterotergites reflected over mediotergites; female abdominal mediotergites VI–VII and tergum VIII with shiny black areas centrally (Moreira 2012).
New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Apiacá, stream; alt. 233 m; −21.0830, −41.5431; 20. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 81850 • Aracruz, Cachoeira Grapuama; [–19.86, –40.32]; 13. IV.2013; 1 male, UFVB • Conceição da Barra, stream; alt. 18 m; −18.4327, −40.0152; 22. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 2 males, 1 female, CEIOC 82979 • Ecoporanga, stream; alt. 510 m; −18.3578, −40.8824; 21. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 8 males, 5 females, CEIOC 82972 • Guarapari, Buenos Aires Waterfall; alt. 283 m; −20.5878, −40.5560; 24. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 81851 • Montanha, river; alt. 64 m; −18.1323, −40.1030; 22. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82974 • Muniz Freire, Norte River; alt. 509 m; −20.3798, −41.4051; 23. III.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, B Clarkson leg.; 2 males, 1 female, CEIOC 81852 • Pancas, Sandy stream; alt. 153 m; −19.0989, −40.8129; 24. VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 4 males, 6 females, CEIOC 82234 • Pinheiros, Reserva Biológica Córrego do Veado; alt. 74 m; −18.3713, −40.1416; 24. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 9 males, 20 females, CEIOC 82975.— Minas Gerais • Divinópolis, Trindade Waterfall; −20.2594, −44.9158; 02. V.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 1 male, 7 females, CEIOC 28805 • Pimenta, stream in farm; −20.6003, −45.8150; 30. IV.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, A Khila, S Viala leg.; 3 males, 3 females, CEIOC 27996.— Rio de Janeiro • Itaocara, Paraíba do Sul River; −21.6557, −42.0633; 31. VII.2016; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, OM Magalhães leg.; 37 males, 42 females, CEIOC 36509 • Santa Maria Madalena, entrada para Terras Frias, Ribeirão Santíssimo; −21.9388, −41.9586; 12. IV.2016, LL Dumas, JL Nessimian, CS Portela, JF Barbosa leg.; 6 female, CEIOC 81875 • Silva Jardim, Aldeia Velha River; −22.4947, −42.2662; 23. III.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 4 males, 4 females, CEIOC 27989 • Same except Andorinhas Waterfall; −22.4342, −42.2933; 25. III.2015; 1 male, CEIOC 28814.
Distribution in Brazil. BA, ES, MA, MG, MS, MT, PA, RJ, SP.
description: Published as part of Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, pp. 1-86 in Zootaxa 5393 (1) on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5393.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10437804