Rhagovelia santanderi 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 santanderi

description: Rhagovelia santanderi Padilla-Gil, 2015
(Figs. 13D, 14D, 15D, 16D, 19R, 20R, 26A)
Rhagovelia santanderi Padilla-Gil, 2015: 76.
Holotype apterous male. BL 2.63; HL 0.35; HW 0.85; INT 0.22; ANT I 0.75, ANT II 0.45, ANT III 0.48, ANT IV 0.46; EYE 0.34; PL 0.20; PW 0.93; FORELEG: FEM 0.90; TIB 0.95; TAR I 0.06; TAR II 0.02; TAR III 0.26; MIDLEG: FEM 1.60; TIB 1.15; TAR I 0.10; TAR II 0.45; TAR III 0.75; HINDLEG: FEM 1.30; TIB 1.10; TAR I 0.06; TAR II 0.12; TAR III 0.28.
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 black. Labium black except article II brown. Eye dark red. Antenniferous tubercle black with a small brown macula. Almost basal half of antennomere I yellow; apex of I and rest of antenna brown. Pronotum dark orange between eyes behind vertex of head, dark brown laterally and posteriorly, with golden pubescence. Meso- and metanota black, covered with golden pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metapleura black, covered with greyish pubescence. Pro-, meso- and metasterna black, covered with greyish pubescence. Pro- and metacetabula black with yellow posteroventrally; mesoacetabulum black with a shiny area laterally. Fore and hind coxae and trochanters yellow. Middle coxa and trochanter black with distal border brown. Fore femur with proximal half yellow, then black. Middle and hind femora black. Tibiae and tarsi black. Abdominal mediotergites black, covered with golden pubescence; VII with shiny black spot centrally; tergum VIII shiny black, covered with short golden setae. Abdominal laterotergites black, covered with golden pubescence, with lateral margins shiny black. Abdominal sterna black, covered with greyish pubescence except for a black median mark on sternum VII.
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 on middle. 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 surpassing apex of abdomen, slightly wider than middle femur, with anterior marging curved, posterior margin sinuous; distal half with row of 4–7 spines decreasing in size towards apex. Hind tibia straight, with a pair of short denticles on posterior surface; apical spur straight. Abdominal mediotergites subrectangular. Abdominal laterotergites horizontal, converging more strongly for last three segments.Abdominal sterna without black denticles or carina, covered with short golden setae. Proctiger with lateral margins almost straight; apex rounded, densely covered with setae. Paramere short, suboval, with thick setae on apex.
Paratype apterous female. BL 2.88; HL 0.35; HW 0.82; INT 0.22; ANT I 0.75, ANT II 0.35, ANT III 0.38, ANT IV 0.45; EYE 0.39; PL 0.20; PW 0.95; FORELEG: FEM 0.85; TIB 0.90; TAR I 0.04; TAR II 0.02; TAR III 0.24; MIDLEG: FEM 1.55; TIB 1.10; TAR I 0.10; TAR II 0.45; TAR III 0.80; HINDLEG: FEM 1.25; TIB 1.30; TAR I 0.06; TAR II 0.10; TAR III 0.34.
Similar to apterous male in structure and color. Hind femur narrower than in the male, with 4–5 spines. Dorsum of abdominal segments VII–VIII each with a small shiny black spot centrally. Abdominal laterotergites slightly elevated, but not vertical. Abdominal sternum VII shiny brown medially; apex brown with long golden setae.
Distribution. Colombia: Antioquia (this work). Boyacá (this work), Meta (this work), Santander (Padilla-Gil 2015) (Fig. 26A).
Type material examined. Holotype ♂ apterous (ICN): ‘ Colombia \ Santander \ Puerto Parra \ Campo Capote \ quebrada Borojo \ 13.III.2008 \ Col: Jaimes’. Paratype ♀ apterous (ICN): same data as holotype.
Additional material examined. Antioquia: Remedios, Vereda La Cruz, Finca La Brillantina, 2018-II-23 / 2018- II-27 (J. Torres-Toro & A. Orozco): 1 ♂ apterous (CEMUA230). Boyacá: Puerto Boyacá, Puerto Boyacá-Otanche Road, center of Dos y Medio village, 2016-VIII-15 (F. Molano): 2 ♂ apterous, 9 ♀ apterous (UPTC). Meta: Granada-Fuente de Oro Road, El Laurelio Creek, 2016-X-13 (F. Molano): 3 ♂ apterous, 2 ♀ apterous (UPTC).
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 page 207, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4691515