Rhagovelia penta 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 penta

description: Rhagovelia penta Padilla-Gil, 2015
(Figs. 13B, 14B, 15B, 16B, 23B)
Rhagovelia penta Padilla-Gil, 2015: 74.
Holotype apterous male. BL 3.25; HL 0.30; HW 0.80; INT 0.24; ANT I 0.80, ANT II 0.45, ANT III 0.60, ANT IV 0.55; EYE 0.27; PL 0.23; PW 1.40; FORELEG: FEM 1.10; TIB 1.15; TAR I 0.06; TAR II 0.03; TAR III 0.32; MIDLEG: FEM 1.60; TIB 1.30; TAR I 0.05; TAR II 0.55; TAR III 0.78; HINDLEG: FEM 1.30; TIB 1.45; TAR I 0.08; TAR II 0.12; TAR III 0.32.
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 and labium brown. Eye dark red. Antenniferous tubercle black with apex brown. Pronotum dark orange between eyes behind vertex of head, dark brown laterally and posteriorly. Meso- and metanota black, covered with golden pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metapleura black, covered with grayish pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metasterna black, covered with greyish pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metacetabula black with a yellow spot posteroventrally. Coxae yellow; middle pair darker. Fore and hind trochanters yellow; middle trochanter black with brown spot basally. Fore femur yellow on basal 2/3, then black. Middle and hind femora black with brown base. Tibiae and tarsi black. Abdominal mediotergites black, covered with golden pubescence; I–VII dull; tergum VIII shiny. Abdominal laterotergites black, covered with golden pubescence, with lateral margins shiny black. Abdominal sterna black, covered with greyish pubescence; VII with shiny black mark medially.
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 two of these setae close to apex. 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. Meso- and metasterna covered with long golden setae. Sides of thorax with long brown 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 slightly surpassing apex of abdomen, wider than middle femur, with anterior margin curved, posterior margin sinuous; distal half with row of 4–5 spines decreasing in size towards the apex, first spine thick and curved. Hind tibia straight, with about 10 short denticles basally and 3 apically; apical spur straight. Abdominal mediotergites subrectangular. Abdominal laterotergites slightly raised, covered with short golden setae. Abdominal sterna without black denticles or carina, covered with short golden setae.
Paratype apterous female. BL 3.75; HL 0.45; HW 0.85; INT 0.25; ANT I 0.95, ANT II 0.50, ANT III 0.65, ANT IV 0.60; EYE 0.27; PL 0.25; PW 1.05; FORELEG: FEM 1.15; TIB 1.20; TAR I 0.06; TAR II 0.02; TAR III 0.32; MIDLEG: FEM 1.80; TIB 1.30; TAR I 0.05; TAR II 0.63; TAR III 0.85; HINDLEG: FEM 1.45; TIB 1.60; TAR I 0.04; TAR II 0.24; TAR III 0.36.
Similar to apterous male in structure and color. Hind femur slightly narrower than in the male, with 4–5 spines. Abdominal mediotergites dull, tergum VIII shiny black. Abdominal sternum VII with shiny black mark medially and apex brown with long golden setae.
Distribution. Colombia: Huila (Padilla-Gil 2015) (Fig. 23B).
Type material examined. Holotype ♂ apterous (ICN): ‘ Colombia \ Huila \ Gigante \ Río Loro \ 20.V.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 pages 202-204, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4691515