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Issue: Vol. 3065 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3065.1.2
Page range: 14–26
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia, with a key to Colombian Paravelia species

Universdad de Nariño, Ciudad Universitaria Torobajo, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Bloque 3, piso 4, Nariño, Colombia
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Entomologia. Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho 373, CCS, Bloco A, Sala 107. Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Hemiptera Aquatic bugs Neotropical South America taxonomy

Abstract

Paravelia daza sp. n. is described, including details of internal morphology, and compared with P. inveruglas (Kirkaldy) from Ecuador, a similar species within the genus. An identification key including P. daza sp. n., P. columbiensis (Hungerford), P. flavomarginata (Hungerford) and P. recens (Drake & Harris), the four species of Paravelia so far recorded from Colombia, is also presented.

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