Rhagovelia tintipan Molano & Morales & Moreira 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Molano, Fredy
name: Morales, Irina
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia tintipan

description: Rhagovelia tintipan sp. nov.
(Figs. 1b; 2b, d, f, h; 3b; 4)
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE apterous ♂ (UPTC-MHN-ART-0037): ‘ Colombia, Bolívar \ Archipiélago de San Bernardo \ Isla de Tintipán \ manglar \ 20.X.2015 \ Col: F. Molano’. PARATYPE apterous ♀ (UPTC-MHN- ART-0038): same data as holotype.
Additional material examined. 2 ♂, 12 ♀ apterous (UPTC): ‘ Colombia, Bolívar \ Isla Fuerte \ La Playita \ 9°22´12.9´´N 76°11´36.6´´W \ 20.XII.2007 \ Col: Neira M., Martínez I.’. 3 ♀ apterous (IAVH): ‘ Colombia \ Bolívar, Islas del Rosario \ 16.IV.1977 ’.
Apterous male. Color. Body blackish (Fig. 1b), covered by short silvery setae. Antenna brown, with proximal 1/7 of antennomere I reddish. Pronotum dark brown with a reddish brown spot centrally occupying 1/3 of its width. Coxae and trochanters reddish, rest of legs blackish. Mesoacetabulum orange brown. Abdominal sterna dark brown, with silvery pubescence.
Structure. Head subquadrate, shining black at insertion of trichobothria. Eyes covered by abundant setae. Antenna covered by two short setae (Fig. 2b). Pronotum short with posterior margin sinuous, trilobed (Fig. 2h). Mesonotum subhexagonal. Metanotum short. Meso- and metasterna with posterior margins strongly convex, covered by abundant setae. Fore femur narrowed before middle (Fig. 2d). Fore tibia strongly curved (Fig. 2d). Posterior surface of hind femur with a decreasing row of 6–10 spines (Fig. 2f). Hind tibia with abundant setae. Abdomen covered by silvery setae; mediotergites I–V subequal in size (each 0.12), VI (0.14) and VII longer (0.24). Abdominal sterna covered by abundant silvery setae on posterior margins. Paramere preapically narrowed, with rounded apex (Fig. 3b), covered by abundant robust setae on preapical region.
Measurements. BL 1.74; HL 0.23; HW 0.33; ANT I 0.49, ANT II 0.33, ANT III 0.36, ANT IV 0.26; EYE 0.18; PL 0.20; PW 0.68; FORELEG: FEM 0.80, TIB 0.78, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.14; MIDLEG: FEM 1.40, TIB 1.02, TAR I 0.68, TAR II 0.56; HINDLEG: FEM 0.87, TIB 1.12, TAR I 0.03, TAR II 0.24.
Apterous female. Similar to the apterous male in structure and color, except for the following characteristics: body reddish brown ventrally; antennomere I, coxae, and trochanters reddish; mesonotum broadly convex with a thin suture over the midline on anterior margin; abdominal terga reddish brown; and hind femur without spines.
Measurements. BL 2.93; HL 0.47; HW 0.40; ANT I 0.66, ANT II 0.39; ANT III 0.46; ANT IV 0.36; EYE 0.23; PL 0.20; PW 0.90; FORELEG: FEM 0.99, TIB 0.82, TAR I 0.06, TAR II 0.23; MIDLEG: FEM 1.65, TIB 1.38, TAR I 0.89, TAR II 0.69; HINDLEG: FEM 1.05, TIB 1.35, TAR I 0.03, TAR II 0.36.
Etymology. This species is named after Tintipán Island, where the type series was collected.
Geographic distribution. Known from islands of Bolívar Department, Caribbean Region of Colombia (Fig. 4).
Comments. Rhagovelia tintipan sp. nov. is similar to R. plumbea in body color, and having the eyes covered by many setae. These species differ in the following features: in R. tintipan sp. nov. the body length is approximately 1.75 mm in the male and 2.90 mm in the female, the posterior surface of the male hind femur has a decreasing row of 6–10 spines, and the paramere is narrowed preapically (Fig. 3b); whereas in R. plumbea the body length is about 2.30 mm in males and 3.40 mm in females, the posterior surface of the male hind femur has a decreasing row of 3–7 spines, and the paramere shape is different (Fig. 3d).
description: Published as part of Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2018, Two new species and key to the salina group of the genus Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia, pp. 305-314 in Zootaxa 4457 (2) on pages 307-309, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1457778