In:
Insect Systematics & Evolution, Brill, Vol. 46, No. 2 ( 2015-04-04), p. 115-220
Abstract:
Riffle bugs in the genus Rhagovelia have diversified extensively on the island of Madagascar. The current paper defines and segregates a distinct set of species within this endemic assemblage as the tesari species-group, containing the previously described species R. tesari Hoberlandt, R. adrienneaebrasili Poisson, R. hovana Hoberlandt, R. abalienata Hoberlandt, R. tsaratananae Poisson, and R. mohelii Poisson (originally described as a subspecies of R. tesari but here raised to full species status), as well as the following 13 new species described herein: R. aquacola n. sp., R. ambra n. sp., and R. sahabe n. sp. from northern Madagascar; R. mandraka n. sp., R. faratsihoi n. sp., and R. wenzeli n. sp. from central Madagascar; R. enckelli n. sp., R. takona n. sp., R. manga n. sp., R. brincki n. sp., and R. sandoka n. sp. from eastern Madagascar; R. andringitrae n. sp. from south-central Madagascar; and R. mondena n. sp. from southeastern Madagascar. Rhagovelia tesari flavomarginata Hoberlandt 1951 is synonymized under R . adrienneaebrasili Poisson 1945. Figures of key morphological characters, including male parameres are provided for all species, accompanied by distribution maps.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1399-560X
,
1876-312X
DOI:
10.1163/1876312X-45012114
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Brill
Publication Date:
2015
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2495879-7
SSG:
12
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