Rhagovelia uncinata Champion 1898
Creators: name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
name: Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald
name: Springer, Monika
name: Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia uncinata

description: Rhagovelia uncinata Champion, 1898
(Fig. 32)
Known distribution in Costa Rica. Puntarenas and San José (Hungerford 1939, Polhemus 1997). Reported here are the first records from Alajuela, Guanacaste, Heredia, and Limón provinces.
Material examined. COSTA RICA: Alajuela —Rugama Stream, Hydropower Project Cote, 19.V.2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 macropterous female. Upala, Hydropower Project Canalete, 10o46.495’ N / 85o2.516’ W, 245–265 m a.s.l., 24.XII.2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous male, 2 apterous females. Upala, site 4, Tuberíunbre, Bijagua River, canalete, VIII.2010, (F. Reyes & P. Gutiérrez): 1 macropterous female. Guanacaste —Nicoya, Ojo de Agua el Bejuco, 95 m a.s.l., 10.I.2005, (F. Ruíz-Pacheco): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female. Nicoya, Barra Honda National Park, La Caña River, 225 m a.s.l., 15.I.2005, (F. Ruíz-Pacheco): 1 apterous male. Heredia —Sarapiquí, Sarapiquí River, under bridge, La Tirimbina Reserve, 3.VI.2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous male. Sarapiquí, Tirimbina Station, Sarapiquí River, 3.X.2005, (M. Werner): 1 apterous female. Sarapiquí, Puerto Viejo, Organization for Tropical Studies, La Selva Station, stream, 50 m a.s.l., 23.IX.1996, (E. Martínez): 1 apterous female; La Selva Station, CCL Trail, El Salto Stream, 50 m a.s.l., VI.1996: 1 apterous male, 2 apterous females, 7 nymphs; VI.1997: 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female, 1 nymph. Limón — La Argentina, Finca Los Manantiales, stream, 570 m a.s.l., 21.VIII.2005, (M. Montero-Guzmán): 1 apterous female. Puntarenas —Coto Brus, Organization for Tropical Studies, Las Cruces Station, 22.I.2010, (M. Springer): 1 macropterous male; Las Cruces, Jaba River (Matadero), 10.X.1999, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female; Jaba River, 1100 m a.s.l., (M. Springer): 1 macropterous male, 1 macropterous female. Osa, Corcovado National Park, 8o28.703’ N / 83o35.447’ W, XI.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous female. Osa, Peninsula de Osa, pond in forest, 5 m a.s.l., 28.X.2000, (E. Bermúdez): 1 apterous male. Parrita, Parritón Stream, 9o38.980’ N / 84o15.986’ W, 11.V.2009, (B. Pacheco): 9 macropterous males, 2 macropterous females. Golfito, Cañaza Stream, 10 m a.s.l., I.1997, (A. Villalobos): 2 macropterous males, 2 macropterous females; 16.I.1998, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 1 macropterous male, 9 nymphs; IV–V.1999, (T. Hermanson): 1 apterous female; Cañaza Stream, bridge leaving Golfito, 0 m a.s.l., I.1997, (A. Villalobos): 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female. Golfito, La Gamba, Esquinas Waterfall Trail, second and third waterfalls, 19. II.2011, (D. Takiya): 2 apterous males, 6 apterous females, 2 nymphs. Golfito, La Gamba Stream, 2 km from Barrio Ureña, primary forest, 120 m a.s.l., I.1997: 2 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 5 apterous females. Finca La Esperanza, near Esquinas River, clear stream, 100 m a.s.l., 9.VI.1995, (L. Vik): 2 apterous males, 2 nymphs. Puntarenas, Montezuma, waterfall, 0 m a.s.l., IV.1995, (C. Nolting): 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female. Puntarenas, Lepanto, Blanco River, Paso Tres Ríos, 350 m a.s.l., 23.I.1998: 1 macropterous male. Puntarenas, Monteverde, lake in front of La Cascada, 1400 m a.s.l. 1.III.1998, (M. Springer): 2 apterous females. San José —Acosta, Palmichal, Tabarcia River and Negro River, 1200 m a.s.l., 25.II.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 macropterous female. Acosta, San Ignacio, Chirraca Waterfall, 1100 m a.s.l., 9.X.2005, (E. Arroyo): 2 apterous males. Mora, Finca El Rodeo, lake, 4.XI.2000, (D. Vásquez): 1 apterous male.
description: Published as part of Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, Springer, Monika & Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, 2015, Two new species of Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Costa Rica, with a key and new records from the country, pp. 477-500 in Zootaxa 3980 (4) on page 499, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/242507