title: A new species of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Brazil.
abstract: Rhagovelia kararao sp. nov., collected in sandstone caves from northern Brazil, is described and compared with similar and related species. Rhagovelia pachymeri Nieser & Melo, 1997 is synonymized with Rhagovelia robusta Gould, 1931. An updated key to the species of the robusta group occurring in Brazil is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences. Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis, SP, Brasil. Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.; Email: carlla.floriano@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carla Fernanda Burguez
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Floriano
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Moreira
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size