Rhagovelia calopa Drake & Harris, 1927

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 : 491

Rhagovelia calopa Drake & Harris, 1927

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Previously recorded from Mexico to Venezuela and Trinidad & Tobago, but not specifically from Costa Rica ( Bacon 1956, Hynes 1971, Roback and Nieser 1974). Reported here are the first records from Costa Rica.

Material examined. COSTA RICA: Alajuela —San Carlos, San Carlos River Basin, TEC Project, station 2, 28.VII.1999: 3 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 2 apterous females, 2 macropterous females; station 3, 25.VIII.1999: 2 apterous males, 2 apterous females, 1 nymph. San Carlos, Arenal River below Vado, 24. II.2011, (F. Reyes & D. Vázquez): 3 apterous males. Guanacaste —Palo Verde, Lomas Barbudal Corridor, 15.I.2007, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous male. Bagaces, Lomas Barbudal, river, 300 m a.s.l., 4.X.1998, (P. Ortiz): 5 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female. Limón —Valle de La Estrella, Estrella River, 1.5 km downstream levee, 12.VII.2012, (B. Pacheco & F. Reyes): 2 apterous males, 4 apterous females, 1 macropterous female, 6 nymphs. Limón, Portete, stream, under 50 m a.s.l., 22.IV.1995, (L. Vik): 3 apterous females, 11 nymphs. Limón, Japdeva Channel, 02.V.2013, (B. Pacheco & F. Garita): 2 apterous males. Puntarenas —Osa, Piro River, 8o24.117’ N / 83o 20.353’ W, 32 m a.s.l., 23.V.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female. Osa, Rincón, Rincón River, 15 m a.s.l., 11.X.2005, (J. Bermúdez): 2 apterous males. Osa, Osa Peninsula, Rincón River, bridge before mouth, 20 m a.s.l., 27.IX.1996, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male.

Figures

FIGURES 28 & 29. Geographical distribution of the collecting localities of Rhagovelia in Costa Rica. 28. Rhagovelia angustipes, R. danpolhemi sp. nov., R. calopa, R. spinosa, R. tenuipes, and R. tantilla. 29. R. springerae sp. nov.