Rhagovelia madagascariensis Hoberlandt, 1941

Kment, Petr & Kolínová, Zdislava, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 821-890 : 852-853

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scientific name	Rhagovelia madagascariensis Hoberlandt, 1941
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Rhagovelia madagascariensis Hoberlandt, 1941 View in CoL

Rhagovelia madagascariensis Hoberlandt, 1941a: 71–72 View in CoL , Figs 5–6 (original description).

The holotype and 18 paratypes (including the allotype) are deposited in NMPC:

HOLOTYPE (J apter.): ‘Vohémar / Madagascar [p] // Holotypus [p, red label with black margins] // Rhagovelia / madagascariensis / n. sp. J [hw] / L. Hoberlandt det. [p]’. (The specimen is card-mounted; antenna and all legs on left side missing. Pygophore dissected, male genitalia mounted on four separate slides deposited in Slide Box 3).

PARATYPES (5 JJ apter.): ‘Vohémar / Madagascar [p] // Paratypus [p, red label with black margins] // Rhagovelia / madagascariensis / n. sp. J [hw] / L. Hoberlandt det. [p]’.

PARATYPE (♀ apter.): ‘Vohémar / Madagascar [p] // Allotypus [p, red label with black margins] // Rhagovelia / madagascariensis / n. sp. ♀ [hw] / L. Hoberlandt det. [p]’. (The specimen is card-mounted; left antenna and all legs on left side dissected and mounted on a separate slide deposited in Slide Box 3).

PARATYPES (12 ♀♀ apter.): ‘Vohémar / Madagascar [p] // Paratypus [p, red label with black margins] // Rhagovelia / madagascariensis / n. sp. ♀ [hw] / L. Hoberlandt det. [p]’.

Note. Collection also includes seven slides containing various body parts originating from paratypes (Slide Box 3).

Current status. Valid species (see HOBERLANDT 1951 c, POISSON 1963).

References

DRAKE C. J. & CHAPMAN H. C. 1963: A new genus and species of water-strider from California (Hemiptera: Macroveliidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76: 227 - 234.

HOBERLANDT L. 1941 a: Madagaskarske plostice v prazskem muzeu. I. Veliidae. (Heteroptera madagascariensia in Museo Pragensi. I. Veliidae). Sbornik Entomologickeho Oddeleni pri Zoologickych Sbirkach Zemskeho Musea v Praze 19: 67 - 75 + 1 unpaginated plate (in Czech and Latin).

HOBERLANDT L. 1951 c: Madagascan species of Rhagovelia Mayr. Commentationes Biologicae 12 (5): 1 - 12.