Rhagovelia scabra Bacon 1956
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 scabra

description: Rhagovelia scabra Bacon, 1956
(Fig. 30)
Known distribution in Costa Rica. Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia, Puntarenas, and San José (Bacon 1956; Wilson et al. 1978; Polhemus 1997).
Material examined. COSTA RICA: Alajuela —San Carlos, Quesada, San Vicente, Peje River, 1500 m a.s.l., 14.VIII.2005, (P. Benavides): 1 apterous male. San Ramón, REBAMB, 18.VIII.2003: 2 apterous males; REBAMB, 1100 m a.s.l., 18.X.2003, (F. Ruíz-Pacheco): 1 macropterous male. Cartago —Tapantí, Orosi River, 23.X.2005, (M. Werner): 3 apterous males, 2 apterous females. Valle del Guarco, Palo Verde del Guarco, 10.IV.2009, (A. Bourg): 2 apterous males, 3 apterous females. La Unión, Tiribí River, 1780 m a.s.l., 20–23.VIII.1998, (R. Mora): 3 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 3 apterous females, 1 macropterous female, 3 nymphs. La Unión, Tres Ríos, 7.IX.2003: 3 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 2 apterous females. Orosi, tributary of Grande de Orosi River, between Purisil and Tapantí, 20.IX.1998, (F. Mejía): 1 macropterous male. Orosi, Tapantí, Grande de Orosi River, Oropendula Trail, 1240 m a.s.l., 13.XI.1999, (M. Springer): 10 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 3 apterous females, 3 macropterous females. Orosi, Tapantí Stream: 1 apterous male, 3 apterous females. Oreamuno, Cerro La Carpintera, Istarú, La Chirraca Stream, 1555 m a.s.l., 6.IX.1999, (S. Jenes): 10 apterous males, 9 apterous females. Heredia —San Rafael, Los Turales River, 8.II.1997, (C. Ruiz & P. Cambronero): 3 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female. San Rafael, Cerro Chompipe, Riachuelo, 200 m a.s.l., 2.IX.2000: 2 apterous males. San Rafael, La Bermúdez Stream, 8.II.1997, (C. Ruiz & P. Cambronero): 2 apterous males, 2 macropterous males, 1 macropterous female, 1 nymph. San Isidro, B. Santa Cecilia, Lajas River, 1700 m a.s.l., 6.XII.2003, (J. Sibaja): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female, 1 nymph. San Isidro, Concepción, Tranqueras River, 26.XI.2000, (E. Bermúdez): 6 apterous males, 6 apterous females. Tibás River, 1600 m a.s.l., 1.XII.2000: 2 apterous males, 1 apterous female, 1 macropterous male, 5 nymphs. La Amistad Stream, 10o4’ N / 84o7’ W, between Porrosati and Sacramento, 1900 m a.s.l., V–VI.1999, (T. Klug): several apterous males and females. Puntarenas —Pérez Zeledón, Herradura, Rivas, Blanco River, 9o 30.008 N / 83o 36.783 W, (D. Zamora): 2 apterous males. Puntarenas, Monteverde, 1400 m a.s.l., 4.2001, (A. Burgin): 2 apterous males, 1 apterous female, 4 nymphs. Puntarenas, Monteverde, lake in front of La Cascada, 1400 m a.s.l., 1.III.1998, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male. San José —Cerro de La Muerte, margins of river, 9.73888o N / 83.98446o W, 2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous female. Cerro de La Muerte, spout by Soda Los Traileros, 16.IX.2007, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous male, 3 apterous females, 1 nymph. María Aguillar River, 7.I.2003: 1 apterous male; 7.IX.2003: 1 apterous female. Escazú, San Antonio, Agres River, 1300 m a.s.l., 04.VI.1995, (L. Vik & I. Coronado): 8 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 8 apterous females, 2 macropterous females. Coronado, Los Juncos, Grande Stream, 1600 m a.s.l., 20.IX.2005, (E. Boza): 1 apterous female. Coronado, Cascajal, Derrumbe Stream, approximately 1600 m a.s.l., 22.X.2005, (M. Losilla): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female. Montes de Oca, San Rafael, Mansiones, Torres River, 10.XII.2000, (S. Carvajal): 3 apterous males, 3 apterous female, 1 teneral female, 1 nymph.
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 493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/242507