Rhagovelia humboldti Polhemus 1997
Creators: name: Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira
name: Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos
name: Franco, Cleilton Lima
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia humboldti

description: Rhagovelia humboldti Polhemus
Fig. 9
Rhagovelia humboldti Polhemus, 1997: Ent. Soc. America, 196–199.
Material examined. BRAZIL — Alagoas • Maragogi, Área de Proteç „o Ambiental da Costa dos Corais; -08.9409°, -35.2356°; 78 m a.s.l.; 29. IV.2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & O.M. Magalh „es leg.; 1 male, 2 females, CEIOC 79681 • Murici, Estaç„o Ecológica de Murici, Vale Socorró, Cachoeira do Socorró; -09.2360°, -35.8609°; 361 m a.s.l.; 22. V.2019; J.M.S. Rodrigues, W. Sousa & F.F.F. Moreira leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 79793 • Quebrangulo, Reserva Biológica de Pedra Talhada, riacho em um pasto; -09.2604°, -36.4160°; 472 m a.s.l.; 04. VII.2018; C.F.B. Floriano, J.M.S. Rodrigues & J.F. Barbosa leg.; 1 male, 2 females, CEIOC 79667 • same locality, except: Sítio Juliana, rio; -09.2340°, -36.4488°; 668 m a.s.l.; 05. VII.2018; 3 males, 5 females, CEIOC 79666 • same locality, except: rio; -09.2513°, -36.4317°; 659 m a.s.l.; 05. VII.2018; 6 males, 18 females, CEIOC 79680 • same locality, except: Sítio Juliana, rio; -09.2367°, -36.4494°; 671 m a.s.l.; 05. VII.2018; 1 male, CEIOC 79684 • same locality, except: nascente; -09.2545°, -36.4307°; 659 m a.s.l.; 05. VII.2018; 4 males, 6 females, CEIOC 79685 • same locality, except: Rio Cafuringa, parte alta; -09.2452°, -36.4217°; 689 m a.s.l.; 05. VII.2018; 6 males, 20 females, CEIOC 79686. — Ceará • Ubajara, Parque Nacional de Ubajara, Trilha Araticum, Rio das Minas; -03.8308°, -40.9050°; 592 m a.s.l.; 23. IV.2014; D.Takiya leg.; 1 male, 1 female, DZRJ 3533. — Maranhão • Caxias, Igarapé Lamego; -04.8153°, -43.3436°; 64 m a.s.l.; 12.VIII.2019; D.S.S. Araújo leg.; 18 males, 15 females, LEAq 00037, 00041 • Caxias, Área de Proteç ã o Ambiental Municipal do Inhamum, Lagoa do Merim; -04.8986°, -43.4403°; 113 m a.s.l.; 13.VIII.2019; C.L. Franco leg.; 14 males, 20 females, LEAq 00053 • Caxias, Igarapé Cajazeiras; -05.0175°, -43.2944°; 75 m a.s.l.; 07.VIII.2019; D.S.S. Araújo leg.; 10 males, 11 females, LEAq 00005 • Caxias, Área de Proteç ã o Ambiental Municipal do Buriti do Meio, Igarapé Jatobá; -04.9097°, -43.1166°; 87 m a.s.l.; 28.VIII.2019; C.L. Franco leg.; 3 males, 2 females, LEAq 00148 • Caxias, Igarapé Primavera; -04.8492°, -43.4953°; 65 m a.s.l.; 02.X.2019; C.L. Franco leg.; 2 males, LEAq 00178 • Caxias, Igarapé Correntinho, -04.8267°, -43.3769°; 67 m a.s.l.; 26.VIII.2019; C.L. Franco leg.; 13 males, 26 females, LEAq 00060, 00068, 00076 • Caxias, Igarapé Inhamum; -04.8983°, - 43.4333°; 383 m a.s.l.; 26.VIII.2019; C.L. Franco leg.; 1 female, LEAq 00089 • Caxias, Área de Proteç ã o Ambiental Municipal do Buriti do Meio, Igarapé Buriti; -04.9150°, -43.1133°; 100 m a.s.l.; 28.VIII.2019; C.L. Franco leg.; 2 females, LEAq 00157, 00163 • Codó, Rio Saco; -04.6248°, -43.9025°; 72 m a.s.l.; 02.X.2019; C.L. Franco leg.; 4 males, 7 females, LEAq 00276 • Codó, Igarapé Baixa Grande II; -04.7322°, -43.7064°; 05.X.2019; C.L. Franco leg.; 1 female, LEAq 00185 • S ã o Luís, igarapé; -02.5789°, -44.3447°; 17 m a.s.l.; 26. VI.2018; J.L. Nessimian leg.; 1 male, 3 females, DZRJ 3589 • S ã o Luis, nascente do Igarapé Buenos Aires; -02.5861°, -44.3358°; 23 m a.s.l.; J.L. Nessimian leg.; 1 female, DZRJ 3590. — Pernambuco • Bonito, Cachoeira Véu da Noiva; -08.5431°, -35.7128°; 470 m a.s.l.; 07. III.2018; F.F.F. Moreira, A. Khila & R. Arbore leg.; 7 males, 3 females, CEIOC 82641 • Buíque, Parque Nacional do Catimbau, Buíque, Olho d’água do Pico; -08.5576°, -37.1950°; 763 m a.s.l.; 15. III.2021; J.M.S. Rodrigues & R. Jord ã o leg.; 8 males, 11 females, CEIOC 82642. — Tocantins • Riachinho, córrego dos porcos; [- 06.4356°, -48.1243°]; 24.IX.2016; H. R. R. Silva, K.W.P. Soares, G. V. F. Silva & F.F. Silva Pereira leg.; 1 male, 1 female, CEIOC 82643.
Geographic distribution. Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil. PA, TO*, MA, CE, PE, AL.
Comments. Specimens of R. humboldti from the states of Alagoas, Ceará and Maranh ã o have been misidentified as R. whitei (Breddin, 1898) in the literature (Moreira & Campos 2012; Cordeiro & Moreira 2015; Takiya et al. 2016; Rodrigues et al. 2021). The latter species does not occur in these states. Although both share some characteristics such as a similar color pattern, the enlarged male hind femur, and the venter of the body with minute black denticles, the presence of a long spine on the male hind trochanter (longer than any spine on the hind tibia) is exclusive to R. whitei and can immediately distinguish them. Contrastingly, R. humboldti has a few tiny black pegs on the male hind trochanter.
description: Published as part of Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Franco, Cleilton Lima & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Description of a new species and new records of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera Heteroptera: Veliidae) from northern and northeastern Brazil, pp. 250-264 in Zootaxa 5296 (2) on pages 259-260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/7973330