Paravelia itatiayana (Drake, 1951)

(Figs 15 C–D, 16H)

Velia itatiayana Drake, 1951: 374 . [Original description]

Paravelia itatiayana: Polhemus 1976, 512. [New combination; checklist] Paravelia itatiayana: Moreira et al. 2011b, 21. [Checklist]

Paravelia itatiayana: Heckman 2011, 232. [Identification key]

Paravelia itatiayana: Moreira & Barbosa 2011, 307. [Habitat; new records; figure of male paramere] Paravelia itatiayana: Moreira et al. 2012, 154. [New records]

Diagnosis. BL 3.85; PW 1.62. General body color dark brown to dark reddish brown. Forewing with a usually white elongated macula, starting from humeral angle and passing posterior margin of pronotum at about half its length; on apex a narrow elongated macula with length similar to the basal one, absent in some specimens (Figs 15 C–D). Male hind femur with a row of small teeth on inner surface, followed by a more robust spine; hind tibia clavate. Female hind femur with 3–4 small spines; hind tibia not clavate. Male proctiger anteriorly with a small acute projection. Paramere elongated, slightly curved, with a small notch on dorsal surface near base, with rounded apex (Fig. 16 H).

Discussion. This species inhabits water accumulated in bromeliads and the pattern of wing maculae is similar to that of P. gabrielae Moreira & Barbosa, 2011, another bromeliadicolous species. However, it differs from the latter by the absence of silvery stripes on anterior lobe of pronotum (Fig. 15 C–D).

Material examined. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: 1 macropterous male, 1 macropterous female (DZRJ), Macaé, Ilha do Santana, bromeliad, 20.X.1986, (A.L. Carvalho); 1 macropterous male (DZRJ), Mangaratiba, Rio das Pedras Ecological Reserve, bromeliad, 22.V.2005, (D. Kaplan, M.T.A. Santos, L. Villaverde); 2 macropterous males, 4 macropterous females (DZRJ), Maricá, bromeliad, 1977, (C. Ostrovski) [same material examined by Moreira et al. (2012)].