Rhagovelia calopa Drake & Harris 1927
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 calopa

description: Rhagovelia calopa Drake & Harris, 1927
(Figs. 5E, 6E, 7E, 8E, 19I, 20I, 24C)
Rhagovelia calopa Drake & Harris, 1927: 135.
Diagnosis. Body length ~ 3.50 in the male and female. Antennomere II longer than III. Tarsal formula 3-3-3. All coxae yellow (Figs. 6E, 8E). Fore trochanter yellow; middle trochanter black; hind trochanter yellow with brown apex (Figs. 6E, 8E). Male fore tibia slightly curved (Figs. 5E, 21B). Male hind trochanter with spines. Male hind femur much thicker than middle femur, enormously incrassate in most specimens, with two rows of spines and and isolated spine near proximal 1/3 (Figs. 5E, 21F). Ratio of male hind femur/tibia length ~0.92/1.00. Female hind femur slightly surpassing apex of abdomen, thicker than middle femur (Fig. 7E). Male hind tibia with spines throughout length and an apical spur; some of the preapical spines enlarged (Figs. 5E, 6E). Lateral margins of male abdomen tapering more or less evenly to apex (Fig. 5E). Female abdomen robust, with lateral margins bowed (Fig. 8E). Central shiny black areas on dorsum of abdominal segments V–VIII to III–VIII (Figs. 5E, 7E). Female abdominal laterotergites slightly elevated. Male abdominal sterna without median carina. Male abdominal segment VIII subcylindrical, with lateral margins almost parallel, shorter dorsally than mediotergite VII (Fig. 5E). Paramere and proctiger as in Figs. 19I, 20I.
Distribution. Belize (Gould 1933). Colombia: Antioquia (Aristizábal 2017), Arauca (this work), Bolívar (this work), Caquetá (Aristizábal 2017, this work), Casanare (Aristizábal 2017, this work), Cesar (Aristizábal 2017), Chocó (Aristizábal 2017, this work), Córdoba (Aristizábal 2017, this work), La Guajira (Aristizábal 2017, this work), Magdalena (Bacon 1956, Aristizábal 2017), Meta (Roback & Nieser 1974, Aristizábal 2017, this work), Norte de Santander (Aristizábal 2017, this work), Putumayo (Aristizábal 2017), Santander (this work), Sucre (Aristizábal 2017, Moreno et al. 2018), Valle del Cauca (Aristizábal 2017). Costa Rica (Moreira et al. 2015). Guatemala (Drake & Harris 1927). Honduras (Drake & Harris 1935). Mexico (Beck 1936). Panama (Bacon 1956). Trinidad & Tobago (Hynes 1948). Venezuela (Bacon 1956) (Fig. 24C).
Material examined. Arauca: Arauquita, Lipa, El Perro Stream, 2013-III-14 (C. Longo & C. Pérez): 1 ♀ apterous (CLUA035035). Bolívar: Cartagena, Puerto Badel, 2015-VII-17 (I. Morales): 3 ♂ apterous (UPTC). Caquetá: San José del Fragua, Inspección Yurayaco after town, 2017-IX-16 (J. Rivera & P. Sterling): 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC). El Paujil, Vereda El Borugo, 2017-IX-21 (C. Flórez & V. Sánchez): 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC). Casanare: Orocue, Vereda Palmarito, Casamba Sector, Caiman Creek, 2018-VII-17 (D. Martínez): 16 ♂ apterous, 27 ♀ apterous (UPTC). Chocó: Quibdó, Tutunendo Road, Aguaclara Stream, 2015-XII-08 (J. Arias & F. Molano): 1 ♂ apterous (UPTC). Córdoba: Tierralta, upper Manso River, Zancón Sector, 2009-VI-11 (J. Carvajal): 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC). La Guajira: Barrancas, Cerrejón Sector, Ranchería River, 1980-X-12 (L. F. Álvarez): 18 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ macropterous (CMA). Fonseca, Ranchería River, 2011-VI-01 (L. F. Álvarez): 2 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous, (CMA). Meta: Puerto Gaitán, La Raya Creek before Tillavá River, 2014-IV-05 (N. Tórres): 2 ♂ apterous (UPTC). Puerto Gaitán, Granada-Fuente de Oro Road, El Laurelio Creek, 2016-X-13 (F. Molano): 1 ♂ apterous (UPTC). Puerto López, stream, 2016-X-14 (F. Molano): 2 ♂ apterous, 5 ♀ apterous, (UPTC). San Martín, Vereda Puerto Castro, Finca Mararay, 2018-VII-13 (D. Martínez): 2 ♀ apterous (UPTC). Puerto Gaitán, Granada-Fuente de Oro Road, 2016-X-13 (F. Molano): 2 ♂ apterous (UPTC). Norte de Santander: Cúcuta, San Miguel Creek, 2010-III-23 (N. Tórres): 1 ♂ apterous, 2 ♀ apterous (UPTC). Santander: Barrancabermeja, Sogamoso River, between Sogamoso bridge and the mouth of San Silvestre Creek, 2012-XII (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 1 ♂ apterous (CLUA035). Puerto Wilches, Magdalena River, downstream Sogamoso River, 2012-X (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 1 ♂ apterous (CLUA035). Barrancabermeja, Sogamoso River, 300 m upstream from water catchment site, 2014-I (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 1 ♀ apterous (CLUA035). Barrancabermeja, Sogamoso River, 300 m upstream from water catchment site, 2014-II (D. Hincapie & C. Pérez): 6 ♂ apterous, 4 ♀ apterous (CLUA035).
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 187-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4691515