Rhagovelia uncinata Champion, 1898

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, Zootaxa 3980 (4), pp. 477-500 : 499

Rhagovelia uncinata Champion, 1898

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Known distribution in Costa Rica. Puntarenas and San José ( Hungerford 1939, Polhemus 1997). Reported here are the first records from Alajuela, Guanacaste, Heredia, and Limón provinces.

Material examined. COSTA RICA: Alajuela —Rugama Stream, Hydropower Project Cote, 19.V.2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 macropterous female. Upala, Hydropower Project Canalete, 10o46.495’ N / 85o2.516’ W, 245–265 m a.s.l., 24.XII.2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous male, 2 apterous females. Upala, site 4, Tuberíunbre, Bijagua River, canalete, VIII.2010, (F. Reyes & P. Gutiérrez): 1 macropterous female. Guanacaste —Nicoya, Ojo de Agua el Bejuco, 95 m a.s.l., 10.I.2005, (F. Ruíz-Pacheco): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female. Nicoya, Barra Honda National Park, La Caña River, 225 m a.s.l., 15.I.2005, (F. Ruíz-Pacheco): 1 apterous male. Heredia —Sarapiquí, Sarapiquí River, under bridge, La Tirimbina Reserve, 3.VI.2008, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous male. Sarapiquí, Tirimbina Station, Sarapiquí River, 3.X.2005, (M. Werner): 1 apterous female. Sarapiquí, Puerto Viejo, Organization for Tropical Studies, La Selva Station, stream, 50 m a.s.l., 23.IX.1996, (E. Martínez): 1 apterous female; La Selva Station, CCL Trail, El Salto Stream, 50 m a.s.l., VI.1996: 1 apterous male, 2 apterous females, 7 nymphs; VI.1997: 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female, 1 nymph. Limón — La Argentina, Finca Los Manantiales, stream, 570 m a.s.l., 21.VIII.2005, (M. Montero-Guzmán): 1 apterous female. Puntarenas —Coto Brus, Organization for Tropical Studies, Las Cruces Station, 22.I.2010, (M. Springer): 1 macropterous male; Las Cruces, Jaba River (Matadero), 10.X.1999, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female; Jaba River, 1100 m a.s.l., (M. Springer): 1 macropterous male, 1 macropterous female. Osa, Corcovado National Park, 8o28.703’ N / 83o35.447’ W, XI.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous female. Osa, Peninsula de Osa, pond in forest, 5 m a.s.l., 28.X.2000, (E. Bermúdez): 1 apterous male. Parrita, Parritón Stream, 9o38.980’ N / 84o15.986’ W, 11.V.2009, (B. Pacheco): 9 macropterous males, 2 macropterous females. Golfito, Cañaza Stream, 10 m a.s.l., I.1997, (A. Villalobos): 2 macropterous males, 2 macropterous females; 16.I.1998, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male, 1 macropterous male, 9 nymphs; IV–V.1999, (T. Hermanson): 1 apterous female; Cañaza Stream, bridge leaving Golfito, 0 m a.s.l., I.1997, (A. Villalobos): 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female. Golfito, La Gamba, Esquinas Waterfall Trail, second and third waterfalls, 19. II.2011, (D. Takiya): 2 apterous males, 6 apterous females, 2 nymphs. Golfito, La Gamba Stream, 2 km from Barrio Ureña, primary forest, 120 m a.s.l., I.1997: 2 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 5 apterous females. Finca La Esperanza, near Esquinas River, clear stream, 100 m a.s.l., 9.VI.1995, (L. Vik): 2 apterous males, 2 nymphs. Puntarenas, Montezuma, waterfall, 0 m a.s.l., IV.1995, (C. Nolting): 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female. Puntarenas, Lepanto, Blanco River, Paso Tres Ríos, 350 m a.s.l., 23.I.1998: 1 macropterous male. Puntarenas, Monteverde, lake in front of La Cascada, 1400 m a.s.l. 1.III.1998, (M. Springer): 2 apterous females. San José —Acosta, Palmichal, Tabarcia River and Negro River, 1200 m a.s.l., 25.II.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 macropterous female. Acosta, San Ignacio, Chirraca Waterfall, 1100 m a.s.l., 9.X.2005, (E. Arroyo): 2 apterous males. Mora, Finca El Rodeo, lake, 4.XI.2000, (D. Vásquez): 1 apterous male.

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FIGURES 32 & 33. Geographical distribution of the collecting localities of Rhagovelia in Costa Rica. 32. Rhagovelia uncinata and R. elegans. 33. R. femoralis.