Rhagovelia goilala subgroup

The R. goilala subgroup contains three large-sized species, R. antap n. sp., R. udabe n. sp. and R. goilala n sp., with body lengths ranging between 4.00 and 4.80 mm, occurring at elevations between 550 and 1650 m in the mountains of the Papuan Peninsula. The ground color in all of these species is russet brown to orange-brown, overlain to varying degrees with contrasting black markings (Figs. 63, 64, 70, 71, 77, 78). The pale coloration on the anterior pronotum forms a continuous band that is broadly confluent with similar pale coloration on the propleurae, and the female connexiva in all species are widely separated and at most weakly infolded posteriorly, leaving all abdominal tergites visible in dorsal view (Figs. 64, 71, 78). The male proctiger has moderately large basolateral lobes, whereas the distolateral lobes are weakly developed or incipient (Figs. 68, 75, 82), and the male paramere is thick, with a truncate apex (Figs. 67, 74, 81). The species in this group inhabit the first order headwaters of any given drainage network, often in the vicinity of source springs (Figs. 69, 76, 83).