Rhagovelia brunae Magalhaes & Moreira, 2016

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourao dos Santos, Crumiere, Antonin Jean Johan, Toubiana, William, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2022, New species and new records of semiaquatic bugs (Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) from French Guiana, ZooKeys 1126, pp. 155-199 : 155

Rhagovelia brunae Magalhaes & Moreira, 2016

Fig. 5B, D

Material examined.

French Guiana • 4 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀, 1 macropterous ♀; near Cayenne ; 4.6282, -52.3072; 21 Oct. 2016; A.J.J. Crumière, A. Khila, F.F.F. Moreira, W. Toubiana leg.; CEIOC 82158 • 3 apterous ♂, 3 apterous ♀; [unspecified locality]; [Oct. 2016]; [A.J.J. Crumière, A. Khila, F.F.F. Moreira, W. Toubiana leg.]; CEIOC 82156 • 1 apterous ♂, 1 apterous ♀; same, except CEIOC 82157 .

Distribution.

Venezuela ( Magalhães et al. 2019), French Guiana (this work), Brazil ( Magalhães et al. 2016).

Note.

We noticed slight divergences in the male hind femoral armature in this species when compared with the types. The degree of intraspecific variation concerning this feature is higher than originally assumed when the species was described.

Figures

Figure 5. A, B habitus, dorsal view A Mesovelia amoena B Rhagovelia brunae C, D geographic distribution in French Guiana C M. amoena D R. brunae. Stars indicate new records; question mark indicates an imprecise record (only the country is known, but not a specific locality). Scale bars: 2.0 mm.