Paravelia itatiayana (Drake, 1951)

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5393 (1), pp. 1-86 : 74-75

Paravelia itatiayana (Drake, 1951)

Fig. 53B, E

Diagnosis. Body length 4.3–4.7 mm; small black denticles completely absent from body; anterior lobe of pronotum without pubescence laterally; pronotal humeral angle never with spinose projection; forewings without bubble-like structures; basal maculae of forewings starting from humeral angle, fusiform, white or yellowish-white; apical macula of forewings elongated; venter of abdomen not covered by punctations ( Rodrigues & Moreira 2022).

Comment. Obligatory bromelicolous species.

New records. BRAZIL — Rio de Janeiro • Itatiaia, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia , in bromeliad; −22.4514, −44.6145; 16.XI.2014; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro, FS Motta, RB Braga, JMS Rodrigues leg.; 3 males, 1 female, CEIOC 21241 • Same except próximo da Casa do Pesquisador , in bromeliad; 15.XII.2021; −22.4571, −44.6069; FFF Moreira leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 81787 • Same except near the Maromba bridge, in bromeliad; 16.XII.2021; −22.431, −44.622; 1 female, CEIOC 81789 • Same except near the visitor center, in bromeliad; −22.446, −44.608; 17.XII.2021; FFF Moreira leg.; 1 female, CEIOC 81788 .

Distribution in Brazil. RJ, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 53. Collected specimens (A–C) and distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas (D–F). Gerromorpha, Veliidae. A. Paravelia basalis, macropterous male from Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro (−22.43, −44.62). B. Paravelia itatiayana, macropterous male from Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4514, −44.6145). C. Paravelia platensis, brachypterous male from São José do Barreiro, São Paulo. D. Paravelia basalis. E. Paravelia itatiayana. F. Paravelia platensis. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records. Scale bars: 2 mm.