Rhagovelia graziae Galindo-Malagón & Morales & Moreira 2021, sp. nov.
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 graziae

description: Rhagovelia graziae sp. nov.
(Figs. 9E, 10E, 11E, 12E, 19N, 20N, 23C)
Holotype apterous male. BL 2.72; HL 0.33; HW 0.70; INT 0.16; ANT I 0.75, ANT II 0.38, ANT III 0.46, ANT IV 0.47; EYE 0.27; PL 0.19; PW 0.75; FORELEG: FEM 0.86; TIB 0.91; TAR I 0.02; TAR II 0.01; TAR III 0.21; MIDLEG: FEM 1.53; TIB 1.01; TAR I 0.07; TAR II 0.52; TAR III 0.67; HINDLEG: FEM 1.12; TIB 1.17; TAR I 0.04; TAR II 0.09; TAR III 0.27.
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. Eye dark red.Antenniferous tubercle brown. Antennomere I yellow for almost basal half; apex of I and rest of antenna brown. Pronotum dark orange between eyes behind vertex of head; dark brown laterally and posteriorly. 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-, meso- and metacetabula yellow. Coxae and trochanters yellow. Fore femur with yellow base, then black; middle femur black; hind femur with short yellow base, then black. Tibiae and tarsi black. Abdominal mediotergites black, covered with golden pubescence; VII with shiny black central 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, with a median comb of long golden setae on segments II– VI; VII shiny black medially, with weak carina posteriorly; VIII light brown, with central carina and long lateral golden setae.
Head short, covered with short setae; frons with longer setae. Antenna covered with brown setae, denser on antennomere IV; antennomere I with at least six long, thick brown setae. Antennomeres I– III cylindrical; IV fusiform; I and IV wider at the middle than II– III, which are subequal in width. 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. Metasternum covered with long golden setae. Sides of thorax with long golden setae. Legs covered with short setae, with rows of longer thicker setae on femora and tibiae. Trochanters without spines. Fore tibia slightly curved, with weak preapical depression; grasping comb extending slightly beyond apex. Hind femur slightly surpassing apex of abdomen, wider than middle femur, with posterior margin sinuous; distal half with row of about 7 spines decreasing in size towards apex. Hind tibia straight, apically with 4 subequal short denticles at posterior surface, apex with straight spur. Abdominal mediotergites subrectangular. Abdominal laterotergites raised, but not vertical, with short golden setae. Abdominal sterna II– V covered with long golden setae medially. Proctiger subtriangular, dorsum with thick, long brown setae; basal lobes strong, short; apex rounded, densely covered with setae. Paramere elongated, basal part oval with long setae on the upper margin, apex acute, elongated.
Paratype apterous female. BL 3.00; HL 0.39; HW 0.75; INT 0.16; ANT I 0.74, ANT II 0.38, ANT III 0.44, ANT IV 0.41; EYE 0.29; PL 0.20; PW 0.83; FORELEG: FEM 0.82; TIB 0.83; TAR I 0.05; TAR II 0.02; TAR III 0.24; MIDLEG: FEM 1.52; TIB 1.06; TAR I 0.09; TAR II 0.49; TAR III 0.63; HINDLEG: FEM 1.13; TIB 1.20; TAR I 0.05; TAR II 0.09; TAR III 0.27.
Similar to apterous male in structure and color. Hind femur slightly thinner than in male, with 5–6 spines on distal half. Abdominal mediotergites with abundant short silvery setae; I raised posteriorly; II not raised, in the same plane as III – VI; dorsum of segments VII–VIII shiny black centrally. Abdominal laterotergites covered with short setae, slightly sloping downward and merging with apex of tergum VIII; lateral margins of III – V with abundant long golden setae; IV– VI broader than anterior and posterior segments.Abdominal sterna without carina or comb of setae medially; VII with shiny brown mark medially.
Distribution. Colombia: Meta (Fig. 23C).
Comments. Rhagovelia graziae sp. nov. is a relatively small species, with body length ~ 2.75 in the male and ~3.00 in the female. Other species within this size range are R. molanoi sp. nov., R. rosensis, R. santanderi and R. tantilla. Rhagovelia tantilla and R. molanoi sp. nov. can be readily distinguished from the others by the male hind tibia unarmed, without small spines throughout length or apical spur. Rhagovelia graziae sp. nov. can be distinguished from R. rosensis and R. santanderi by the coxae and trochanters yellow (vs. dark brown to black in the other two), male abdominal sterna II–V with a median comb of long golden setae (vs. only with short setae), male abdominal segment VIII large and robust (vs. small), the shape of the paramere (Fig. 19N), the lateral margins of female abdomen sinuous (vs. evenly tapering or bowed), and the posterior margin of female abdominal tergum VIII with long setae (vs. without long setae).
Etymology. This species is named in honor of the Brazilian researcher Dr. Jocélia Grazia (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), who has made innumerable contributions to the knowledge of Heteroptera, especially Pentatomoidea, from the Neotropics.
Type material examined. Holotype ♂ apterous (UPTC-In-0007): ‘ Colombia \ Meta \ municipio Puerto Gaitán \ vereda Puerto Trujillo \ río Iteviaré \ 189 m \ 10.II.2015 \ Col: N. Tórres’. Paratypes 1 ♂ apterous, 1 ♀ apterous (UPTC-In-0008): 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 198-199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4691515