Abstract
The new species Oiovelia shepardi is described based on macropterous specimens from the departments of La Guajira and Antioquia in northwestern Colombia, and is compared to its presumed closest relative. The female of Paravelia cunhai Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016 and the male of P. polhemusi Rodrigues, Moreira, Nieser, Chen & Melo, 2014 are described for the first time. The specimens of the two species of Paravelia Breddin were collected in waters inside caves in the State of Pará, northern Brazil. Further, the micropterous form of Steinovelia vinnula (Drake, 1951) is described, compared with S. virgata (White, 1879), and new distributional records are provided. Illustrations and a geographic distribution map of all species treated here are presented.
Highlights
The subfamily Veliinae (Veliidae) is represented in the American continents by seven genera: Altavelia Polhemus & Moreira, 2019, Oiovelia Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1952, Paravelia Breddin, 1898, Platyvelia Polhemus & Polhemus, 1993, Steinovelia Polhemus & Polhemus, 1993, Stridulivelia Hungerford, 1929, and Veloidea Gould, 1934 (Moreira, 2015; Polhemus et al, 2019)
The pattern of maculae on the fore wings of the female is similar to that of the holotype. This species was described based on a macropterous male collected inside a cave, without incidence of light, in the State of Pará, northern Brazil (Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016b)
Four species of Paravelia have been recorded in subterranean waters of caves in northern and northeastern Brazil: P. cunhai, P. digitata Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016, P. nieseri Moreira & Barbosa, 2012 and P. splendoris (Drake & Harris, 1933) (Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016c)
Summary
The subfamily Veliinae (Veliidae) is represented in the American continents by seven genera: Altavelia Polhemus & Moreira, 2019, Oiovelia Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1952, Paravelia Breddin, 1898, Platyvelia Polhemus & Polhemus, 1993, Steinovelia Polhemus & Polhemus, 1993, Stridulivelia Hungerford, 1929, and Veloidea Gould, 1934 (Moreira, 2015; Polhemus et al, 2019). All species of these genera are endemic to the New World, except Paravelia taipiensis (Chessman, 1926), which is recorded from the eastern Pacific (Rodrigues et al, 2014b). All species treated here are illustrated and their geographical records are presented in a distribution map
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