Rhagovelia barbacoensis 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 barbacoensis

description: Rhagovelia barbacoensis Padilla-Gil, 2015
(Figs. 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B, 23A)
Rhagovelia barbacoensis Padilla-Gil, 2015: 72.
Holotype apterous male. BL 3.31; HL 0.40; HW 0.80; INT 0.27; ANT I 1.05, ANT II 0.55, ANT III 0.65, ANT IV 0.65; EYE 0.28; PL 0.20; PW 1.00; FORELEG: FEM 1.25; TIB 1.30; TAR I 0.04; TAR II 0.02; TAR III 0.32; MIDLEG: FEM 1.95; TIB 1.35; TAR I 0.10; TAR II 0.60; TAR III 0.75; HINDLEG: FEM 1.75; TIB 1.65; TAR I 0.06; TAR II 0.16; TAR III 0.32.
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 yellow. Labium brown except article II yellow. Eye silvery. Antenniferous tubercle brown, apex black. Basal 1/4 of antennomere I yellow; apex of I and rest of antenna dark brown. Pronotum dark brown to black, anteriorly with a pair of dark orange marks between eyes. 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 ventrally and posteriorly black. Mesoacetabulum black with ventral margin orange. Fore and hind coxae yellow. Middle coxa yellow with apex brown. Fore trochanter yellow; middle trochanter black, brown at the base; hind trochanter yellow with apex brown. Fore femur with basal 1/3 marked with yellow, black towards apex; middle femur black; hind femur black with base brown. Tibiae and tarsi black. Abdominal mediotergites black, covered with golden pubescence. Mediotergite VII with a central shiny black spot; 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 mark on sternum VII. Sternum VIII shiny black with golden setae.
Head short, covered with short 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 close to the middle. Antennomeres I– III cylindrical; IV fusiform; I and IV subequal in width in the middle; II subequal in width to III. 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. Mesosternum 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 the apex. Hind femur surpassing apex of abdomen, slightly wider than middle femur, with anterior margin curved and posterior margin sinuous; distal half with row of 8 spines decreasing in size towards the apex. Hind tibia straight, with about 20 short denticles on the posterior surface, apical spur straight. Abdominal mediotergites subrectangular. Abdominal laterotergites raised, but not vertical, covered with short golden setae. Abdominal sterna without black denticles or carina, covered with short golden setae.
Paratype apterous female. BL 3.75; HL 0.45; HW 0.90; INT 0.19; ANT I 1.05, ANT II 0.60, ANT III 0.70, ANT IV 0.58; EYE 0.32; PL 0.25; PW 1.00; FORELEG: FEM 1.25; TIB 1.30; TAR I 0.08; TAR II 0.03; TAR III 0.34; MIDLEG: FEM 1.98; TIB 1.35; TAR I 0.75; TAR II 0.85; TAR III 0.80; HINDLEG: FEM 1.65; TIB 1.70; TAR I 0.08; TAR II 0.18; TAR III 0.38.
Similar to apterous male in structure and color. Hind femur narrower than in the male, with 8 spines on distal half. Abdominal mediotergites I– III raised, IV– VI depressed, VII horizontal, tergum VIII declining posteriorly; apex of mediotergite VI with small shiny black spot; dorsum of segments VII–VIII with central shiny black spots. Abdominal laterotergites elevated, more strongly on last two segments. Abdominal sternum VII with shiny black mark centrally and brown apex, covered with long golden setae.
Distribution. Colombia: Nariño (Padilla-Gil 2015) (Fig. 23A).
Type material examined. Holotype ♂ apterous (ICN): ‘ Colombia \ Nariño \ Barbacoas \ Altaquer \ 23.VI.2011 \ Col: D. N. Padilla’. Paratype ♀ apterous (ICN): same data as holotype.
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 179-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4691515