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Four new species of Paravelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Brazil, with notes on previously described species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Higor D. D. Rodrigues  and
Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira
Higor D. D. Rodrigues*
Affiliation:
Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, 04263–000 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira
Affiliation:
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 21040–360 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: higorddr@gmail.com).
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Abstract

Four new species of Paravelia Breddin (Hemiptera: Veliidae) from Brazil are described and illustrated: Paravelia bachmanninew species and P. bromelicolanew species from the states of São Paulo and Santa Catarina; P. luederwaldtinew species from the state of São Paulo; and P. digitatanew species from the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Norte; totalling 61 valid species for the genus. Two of the new species (P. bachmanni and P. bromelicola) are bromeliad inhabitants, and a key to the eight bromeliadicolus species of the genus is provided. In addition, based on type material, P. amoena (Drake), P. kahli (Drake and Harris), P. nexa (Drake and Harris), and P. parilis (Drake and Harris) are re-described and illustrated. Lastly, taxonomic and distributional notes for the following species are also presented: P. basalis (Spinola), P. boliviana Breddin, P. capillata (Drake and Harris), P. cognata (Drake and Harris), P. dilatata Polhemus and Polhemus, P. foveata Polhemus and Polhemus, P. itatiayana (Drake), P. nieseri Moreira and Barbosa, P. manausana Polhemus and Polhemus, P. platensis (Berg), P. recens (Drake and Harris), and P. splendoris (Drake and Harris).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 148 , Issue 6 , December 2016 , pp. 642 - 667
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© Entomological Society of Canada 2016 

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