Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia

Autor(es)

Polhemus, Dan A. ^[1] ; Molano, Fredy ^[2] ; Morales, Irina ^[2] ; Figueiredo Moreira, Felipe Ferraz ^[3] ; Burguez Floriano, Carla Fernanda ^{[4, 5]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Bernice P Bishop Museum, Dept Nat Sci, 1525 Bernice St, Honolulu, HI 96817 - USA

^[2] Univ Pedag & Tecnol Colombia, Museo Hist Nat Luis Gonzalo Andrade, Grp Invest Sistemat Biol, Lab Entomol, Tunja, BY - Colombia

^[3] Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Lab Biodiversidade Entomol, Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil

^[4] Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Ciencias Biol, Assis, SP - Brazil

^[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Ciencias Biol, Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Zootaxa; v. 4585, n. 2, p. 295-314, APR 12 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

The new genus Altavelia Polhemus \& Moreira (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae) includes seven species previously contained in the inveruglas group of Paravelia Breddin, 1898 and four new species from Colombia: A. altoandina Molano \& Morales, A. antioquia Molano \& Morales, A. montana Molano \& Morales, and A. quindiana Molano \& Morales. Additionally, A. amoena (Drake, 1957) is synonymized with A. flavomarginata (Hungerford, 1930). The genus is characterized by prominent setal tufts or sclerotized wing-like processes on the male proctiger; elongate body shape with long, slender legs; uniformly blackish forewings; antennal segment I longest; and the female abdomen with tergum VIII de-flexed. Species in this genus occur at high elevations in the Andes Mountains with records from 1500 to 3600 m. A key is provided to all 11 species in the genus and new distributional records are presented for A. boliviana (Breddin, 1898), A. columbiensis (Hungerford, 1930), and A. flavomarginata. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/16367-0 - Revisão e filogenia de Cylindrostethinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae)
• Beneficiário: Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 15/09491-2 - Revisão e filogenia de Cylindrostethinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae)
• Beneficiário: Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Doutorado