Velia tersa Drake & Harris, 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 : 861

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5740731
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5741056
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scientific name	Velia tersa Drake & Harris, 1941
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Velia tersa Drake & Harris, 1941 View in CoL

Velia tersa Drake & Harris, 1941: 338−339 View in CoL (original description).

Three paratypes are deposited in NMPC:

PARATYPE (J apter.): ‘ Trinidad. B. W. I. / Oct. 27-29, 1938 / Carl J. Drake [p] // J [p] // PARATYPE [p] / Velia / tersa / D & H [hw, red label]’.

PARATYPES (2 ♀♀ apter.): ‘ Trinidad. B. W. I. / Oct. 27-29, 1938 / Carl J. Drake [p] // ♀ [p] // PARATYPE [p] / Velia / tersa / D & H [hw, red label]’.

Current status. Valid species: Stridulivelia (Stridulivelia) tersa ( Drake & Harris, 1941) (see DRAKE & MENKE 1962; POLHEMUS 1976, 1979; POLHEMUS & SPANGLER 1995; HECKMAN 2011; MOREIRA et al. 2011).

References

DRAKE C. J. & HARRIS H. M. 1941: A new Velia from Trinidad (Hemiptera). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 12: 338 - 339.

DRAKE C. J. & MENKE A. S. 1962: Water-striders of the subgenus Stridulivelia from Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 113: 413 - 419.

HECKMAN C. W. 2011: Encyclopedia of South American aquatic insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera. Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London & New & York, x + 679 pp.

MOREIRA F. F. F., BARBOSA J. F., RIBEIRO J. R. I. & ALECRIM V. P. 2011: Checklist and distribution of semiaquatic and aquatic Heteroptera (Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) occurring in Brazil. Zootaxa 2958: 1 - 74.

POLHEMUS J. T. 1976: A reconsideration of the status of the genus Paravelia Breddin, with notes and a check-list of species (Veliidae: Hemiptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 49: 509 - 513.

POLHEMUS J. T. 1979: A new species of Stridulivelia from Mexico, and a new subgenus from Middle America (Hemiptera: Veliidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 55: 46 - 50.