Rhagovelia madari Hoberlandt, 1941

Zettel, Herbert & Laciny, Alice, 2020, Rhagovelia species from Nosy Boraha east of Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (2), pp. 419-425 : 423

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37520/aemnp.2020.26
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4550765
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scientific name	Rhagovelia madari Hoberlandt, 1941
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Material examined. MADAGASCAR: NOඌ¥ BORΑΗΑ: 1♁ (apterous), Forêt de Kalalao, 27.x.1992, leg. M. Madl; 4 ♁♁ 7♀♀ (apterous), Forêt de Kalalao, 22.xi.1993, leg. M. Madl ( NHMW).

Additional material examined. MADAGASCAR: DΙĽǤO SUΑRĽz PROνΙΝർĽ: 1 ♁ (apterous, paratype), Vohémar ( NMPC); 1 ♁ (apterous, paratype), environment of Rogez ( NMPC). FΙΑΝΑRΑΝΤඌOΑ PROνΙΝർĽ: 11 ♁♁ 5 ♀♀ (apterous), Ranomafana, 6.–10.i.1998, leg. P. Pacholátko ( NHMW); 3 ♁♁ 5 ♀♀ (apterous), Ionilahy, tributary of Ionilahy river, 21.iv.2011, leg. R. Gerecke ( NHMW). TΑΜΑΤΑνĽ PROνΙΝർĽ: 1 ♁ 1 ♀ (apterous), environment of Moramanga, 10–18.xii.1997, leg. P. Pacholátko ( NHMW).

Notes. HƟΒΕRΓΑΝĐΤ (1941) described R. madari from two localities near the north-eastern coast of Madagascar; the type material is deposited in the National Museum in Prague (KΜΕΝΤ & KƟΓíΝƟඏǍ 2013). We compared paratype specimens from both sites with specimens from Fianarantsoa and Tamatave Provinces ( NHMW) and the Nosy Boraha specimens and confirmed their conspecificity. This obviously widely distributed species belongs to the R. pexa group (sensu PƟΓΗΕΜUඌ & AΝĐΕRඌΕΝ 2015), which needs revision.