Rhagovelia robusta Gould, 1931

Lima Franco, Cleilton, Mourão dos Santos Rodrigues, Juliana, Silva de Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from eastern Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil, Check List 17 (2), pp. 551-568 : 564-565

Rhagovelia robusta Gould, 1931

Figure 11I–L

New records. BRAZIL • 24 ♂, 128 ♀; Maranhão, Cax- ias, Correntinho stream; −04.82666, −043.37694; 26 Aug. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00059, 00063, 00067, 00074, 00082 • 1 ♂, 3 ♀; Maranhão, Caxias , Pri- mavera stream; −04.84916, −043.49527; 06 Aug. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00177, 00178 • 25 ♂, 31 ♀; Maranhão, Codó, Saco river ; −04.62482, −043.90249; 02 Oct. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00276 .

Identification. Our males of R. robusta were identified based on the pronotum long, completely covering the mesonotum, mostly blackish, strongly contrasting with a yellowish-brown mark on the anterior lobe ( Fig. 11I); jugum and proepisternum with minute black denticles; the hind trochanter with spines; the hind femur with three irregular rows of spines, with a large spine near its middle dorsally displaced from the others; and the sides of abdominal segment VII without patches of black denticles ( Magalhães et al. 2016). Females were associated with males from the same locality based on the general appearance and by comparison with reference material from other Brazilian states.

Distribution in Brazil. PA, MA*, SE, MT, GO, MG, ES, SP, RJ, SC.