title: Two new species of Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Costa Rica, with a key and new records from the country.
abstract: Rhagovelia danpolhemi sp. nov., from the Caribbean Slope of Costa Rica and R. springerae sp. nov., from the northern portion of the country, are described, illustrated, compared with similar species, and included in a key to species recorded from the country. Rhagovelia calopa Drake & Harris, R. spinosa Gould, and R. tantilla Drake & Harris are recorded for the first time from Costa Rica. New provincial records are provided for R. acuminata Bacon, R. angustipes Uhler, R. armata (Burmeister), R. bisignata Bacon, R. crassipes Champion, R. elegans Uhler, R. femoralis Champion, R. solida Bacon, R. spinigera Champion, R. tenuipes Champion, and R. uncinata Champion. Additional distributional information is given for these species and for R. formosa Bacon and R. scabra Bacon.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos. Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Rocha Lima, Quinto Andar. Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. CEP 21045-900.; Email: felipe.moreira@ioc.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Biología, Museo de Zoología, CIMAR. San Pedro de Montes de Oca, SJ, Costa Rica. Apartado Postal 11501-2060.; Email: bernald.pacheco@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bernald
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pacheco-Chaves
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Biología, Museo de Zoología, CIMAR. San Pedro de Montes de Oca, SJ, Costa Rica. Apartado Postal 11501-2060.; Email: biomonitoreo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Springer
authors.affiliation: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos. Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Rocha Lima, Quinto Andar. Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. CEP 21045-900.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Isabelle Da Rocha Silva
authors.initials: Ida R
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003364:Costa Rica; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male