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8C1D87B02854E962FF295EE2FE454BAC.text	8C1D87B02854E962FF295EE2FE454BAC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia Polhemus & Molano & Morales & Moreira & Floriano 2019	<div><p>Altavelia Polhemus &amp; Moreira, gen. n.</p><p>Figs. 1–11</p><p>Description. Large-sized veliids, body elongate. Length 4.6–9.8 mm, usually greater than 6.5 mm; body length-towidth ratios ranging from 2.90 to 4.44.</p><p>Color. Ground color brown to black, in some species marked contrastingly with yellow or orange; silvery pubescence absent.</p><p>Structural characters. Head with eyes globose, exerted, separated by approximately 1.5× eye width, slightly removed from anterior pronotal margin, ocular setae present. Head declivant anteriorly, not recessed into pronotum, with three pairs of facial trichobothria; gular region short, often not visible. Labium long, extending onto metasternum, article I not attaining posterior margin of bucculae, articles I and IV subequal in length, article II very short, one-third length of article I, article III about 4× length of article I. Antennae with article I longest, II and III progressively shorter, article IV subequal to or slightly shorter than article II; setae on antennae short, greatest length less than 2× width of antennal article on which they arise.</p><p>Pronotum of wingless and micropterous forms slightly bilobate (Figs. 1 A–D, 2A–C, 6A, 6C, 8A, 9A–C, 11A– B), with lateral margins of anterior lobe swollen; collar distinct, delineated by line of foveae; calli flat, unmodified; anterior lobe of pronotum bearing a few coarse foveae, numerous obscure foveae present on posterior lobe; humeri slightly expanded, lateral margins gently bowed outward; mesonotum exposed laterally. Pronotum of macropters longer and wider, central section domed; posterior margin broadly rounded, bearing numerous small foveae; extending caudad over wing bases and scutellum, humeri raised, prominent (Fig. 9D). Forewing uniformly blackish, with four closed cells, without pale markings. Meso- and metasterna each with a pair of median tubercles, these tubercles meeting at suture, forming a cup-like cavity between (Fig. 3A). Metasternal scent gland opening (omphalium) obscure.</p><p>Abdomen lacking silvery setae or pruinose areas; prominent paired longitudinal carine present on mediotergites I–II and basally on mediotergite III of macropters (visible only after removal of wings, Fig. 3B), absent in apterous form. Hair-free longitudinal striae or elongate lacunae absent between abdominal mediosternites and parasternites; small lacunae present at sutures between individual parasternites.</p><p>Legs very long and slender, length of hind leg exceeding length of body; uniformly dark colored, lacking pale annuli; all segments unarmed, lacking prominent spines or teeth; male fore tibial grasping comb well-developed and prominent, extending for 1/6 to over half of length of tibia; females without grasping comb; all tarsi threesegmented, article I shortest, article II shorter than III on fore leg, article II subequal to or shorter than III on middle leg, article II usually longer than article III on hind leg; pretarsal claws moderately long, evenly tapering.</p><p>Male abdominal sternum VII without projections; terminalia very large; proctiger bearing prominent setal tufts or sclerotized wing-like processes; parameres symmetrical, very long and slender, lacking a prominent basal inflection, basal lobe weakly developed. Female abdominal tergum VIII deflected downward, not lying on same horizontal plane as tergum VII (Fig. 6B); first gonocoxae partially exposed, plate-like; tergum IX elongate, strongly protruding posteriorly.</p><p>Type species. Paravelia inveruglas Kirkaldy, 1899 .</p><p>Etymology. The name “ altavelia ” refers to the high elevations at which species of this genus occur (“ alta -”, Latin, nominative feminine singular, meaning high, tall).</p><p>Distribution. Known from elevations between 1500 and 3600 m in the Andes of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.</p><p>Comments. Previous students of Neotropical Veliidae have long recognized the distinctive attributes of a subgroup of elongate, large-sized species of Paravelia occurring in the Andes, which were treated in part as the P. inveruglas group by Hungerford (1930), based on the characteristics of that nominate species. As noted by D. Polhemus (2014), species strictly conforming to this group concept display the following features: 1) development of prominent setal tufts or sclerotized wing-like processes on the male proctiger; 2) elongate body shapes, with length-to-width ratios ranging from ~3.0 to 4.5; 3) a uniformly blackish forewing coloration, lacking pale markings; 4) antennae with segment I longest; 5) very long and slender legs in relation to the body, with the length of hind leg exceeding that of the body; and 6) the female abdomen with tergum VIII deflected downward and not lying on same horizontal plane as tergum VII, thereby displacing the female proctiger downward to a position below the other abdominal terga. The latter character is particularly evident when viewed laterally (Fig. 6B).</p><p>In the current paper, species possessing the above characteristics are removed from Paravelia and assigned to the new genus Altavelia. Ecologically, the members of this group occur at high elevations in the Andes (between 1500 and 3600 m), and possess semi-terrestrial habits that are notably different from those of other species held in Paravelia (Padilla-Gil &amp; Moreira 2011, D. Polhemus 2014). All of the included species have very long legs in relation to the size of their bodies, which appear to aid in terrestrial locomotion. Notes on distribution, habitat preferences, and nomenclatural history were provided for A. amoena (Drake, 1957), A. boliviana (Breddin, 1898), A. daza (Padilla-Gil &amp; Moreira, 2011), A. flavomarginata (Hungerford, 1930), A. inveruglas, A. osborniana (Kirkaldy, 1909), and A. willei (Drake &amp; Harris, 1940) by D. Polhemus (2014), Rodrigues et al. (2014b), and Rodrigues &amp; Moreira (2016a) and are not repeated herein.</p><p>Although Hungerford (1929, 1930) based his inveruglas species group concept on Paravelia inveruglas, he included within his group two species, P. albotrimaculata (Kirkaldy, 1899) and P. helenae (Hungerford, 1929), that do not possess all of the distinctive character states displayed by P. inveruglas and other species now transferred to Altavelia. In the case of P. albotrimaculata, this species is known from only a single macropterous female holotype from Venezuela; therefore, assessment of the character states in the male terminalia is not possible. However, on the basis of its large size, elongate body shape, hind leg armature and a forewing pattern consisting of two pale spots basally and a large pale spot distally (see figures 12 and 13 in Hungerford 1930, and note that this character state was misinterpreted by D. Polhemus 2014 in the context of his discussion of Hungerford’s inveruglas group), this taxon appears to be more closely allied to a group of large-sized species breeding in phytotelmata, including P. loutoni D. Polhemus, 2014, P. myersi (Hungerford, 1931), and P. reclusa D. Polhemus, 2014 . In particular, the multiple pale spots in the forewing represent a character state inconsistent with the uniformly dark coloration present in all species of Altavelia. In the case of P. helenae, this species also has three pale spots on the forewing, lacks lateral projections on the male proctiger, and inhabits bromeliads. As such, it also does not conform to the morphological or ecological character states definitive for Altavelia. Both of the above species have been retained in Paravelia for the present.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B02854E962FF295EE2FE454BAC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Polhemus, Dan A.;Molano, Fredy;Morales, Irina;Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo;Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez	Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez (2019): Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585 (2): 295-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4
8C1D87B02850E960FF295FD1FA8B4EDC.text	8C1D87B02850E960FF295FD1FA8B4EDC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia altoandina Polhemus & Molano & Morales & Moreira & Floriano 2019	<div><p>Altavelia altoandina Molano &amp; Morales, sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 1 A–B, 4A, 4F, 5)</p><p>Apterous male (Figs. 1A, 4A, 4F). Measurements (holotype / paratype): BL 4.50 / 4.62, HL 0.83 / 0.85, HW 0.61 / 0.63, ANT I 0.85 / 0.87, ANT II 0.67 / 0.69, ANT III 0.52 / 0.55, ANT IV 0.68 / 0.70, EYE 0.26 / 0.28, PL 1.53 / 1.56, PW 1.59 / 1.61, FORELEG: FEM 1.40 / 1.42, TIB 1.40 / 1.43, TAR I 0.13 / 0.15, TAR II 0.23 / 0.25, TAR III 0.45 / 0.47, MIDLEG: FEM 1.66 / 1.69, TIB 1.70 / 1.73, TAR I 0.11 / 0.14, TAR II 0.33 / 0.35, TAR III 0.54 / 0.55, HINDLEG: FEM 1.82 / 1.84, TIB 2.46 / 2.49, TAR I 0.11 / 0.13, TAR II 0.48 / 0.50, TAR III 0.53 / 0.55.</p><p>Body dark brown. Head brown. Antenniferous tubercles and buccula light brown; antennomeres light brown with a glabrous, transverse, black stripe at apex. Labium with articles I–IV dark brown. Pronotum brown. Coxae, trochanters, femora, and tibiae light brown to dark brown towards apices; tarsi dark brown. Dorsum of abdomen, including terminalia, brown. Lateral margins of abdominal laterotergites yellow. Abdominal sterna dark brown.</p><p>Head velvety. Antenna covered by short setae; antennomere I widest and curved laterally, II thinner than I, III– IV thinner than II, with abundant short setae. Ocular setae present. Anterior pronotal lobe narrowed, with sparse golden pilosity and longitudinal median carina. Humeri broad, elevated. Posterior pronotal lobe with large foveae; posterior margin convex. Legs unarmed, covered by abundant pilosity. Fore tibia with grasping comb occupying slightly over half of is length. Abdomen dorsally covered by short golden setae. Abdominal laterotergites elevated, sinuous, ending in robust spines, with long setae. Abdominal sterna with long golden setae, more abundant on margins; last abdominal mediosternite flat at middle. Dorsum of male proctiger with a large central T-shaped projection and a pair of small anterolateral projections (Fig. 4A). Paramere elongated, flat, curved mesally, with curved apex, with a row of setae near base (Fig. 4F).</p><p>Apterous female (Fig. 1B). Measurements (paratypes; n = 2): BL 5.62–5.70, HL 1.10–1.11, HW 0.65–0.67, ANT I 0.80–0.85, ANT II 0.68–0.69, ANT III 0.57–0.58, ANT IV 0.68–0.69, EYE 0.28–0.30, PL 1.77–0.79, PW 1.46–1.48; FORELEG: FEM 1.40–1.43, TIB 1.40–1.44, TAR I 0.09–0.10, TAR II 0.21–0.23, TAR III 0.41–0.42; MIDLEG: FEM 1.67–1.69, TIB 1.83–1.85, TAR I 0.13–0.15, TAR II 0.40–0.42, TAR III 0.49–0.51, HINDLEG: FEM 2.15–2.17, TIB 2.36–2.38, TAR I 0.14–0.16, TAR II 0.49–0.51, TAR III 0.51–0.54.</p><p>Color as in the apterous male holotype, except for head and pronotum orange brown, and lighter posterior margin of pronotum and margins of abdominal laterotergites. Body structure similar to male, except abdominal laterotergites reflexed over mediotergites, not ending in spines.</p><p>Type material examined. All specimens apterous. HOLOTYPE ♂ (UPTC MHN-ART-0027): ‘ Colombia, Boyacá \ Viracachá, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-73.23325&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.4004083" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -73.23325/lat 5.4004083)">Vereda La Isla</a> \ 3200 m, 5°24'1.47''N. 73°13'59.7''W \ Bosque Trampa de caída \ 19.xi.2014, 23.xi.2014 \ Leg P. Mondragon, M. Castro, J. Barrera’ . 1♀ PARATYPE (UPTC MHN-ART-0028):‘ Colombia, Boyacá \ Pesca, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-73.10755&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.4416113" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -73.10755/lat 5.4416113)">Vereda La Carbonera</a> \ 3130 m, 5°26'29.8''N 73°6'27.2''W \ Bosque Trampa de caída \ 9.xii.2014, 12.xii.2014 \ Col: P. Mondragon, M. Castro, J. Barrera’ . 1♀ PARATYPE (CEIOC): ‘ Colombia, Boyacá \ Pesca, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-73.109055&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.439722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -73.109055/lat 5.439722)">Vereda La Carbonera</a> \ 2956 m, 5°26'23''N 73°6'32.6''W \ Bosque, Trampa de caída \ 12.xii.2014 \ Col: P. Mondragon, M. Castro, J. Barrera’ . 1♂ PARATYPE (IAVH E-173205): ‘ Colombia, Boyacá \ Villa de Leyva, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-73.48333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.633333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -73.48333/lat 5.633333)">SFF Iguaque Carrizal</a> \ 2800 m, 5°38'N 73°29'W \ Cap. Manual, noche\ 19.viii.1998 \ Col: E. Gonzalez’ .</p><p>Distribution. This species was collected manually and by using pitfall traps in moss covered rocks in the mountain forests of the municipalities of Tota (2956–3200 m) and Villa de Leyva (2800 m), Boyacá Department, Colombia (Fig. 5).</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after the “altoandina” high mountain forest, where the types were collected.</p><p>Comments. Altavelia altoandina is the smallest known species of the genus. Although similar to A. columbiensis (Hungerford, 1930) in body coloration, the new species can be distinguished from the latter by the smaller size (4.62–5.62 mm), the lack of abundant golden setae on the head, pronotum and abdominal laterotergites (Figs. 1 A–B), the more elevated and sinuous male abdominal laterotergites (Fig. 1A), the dorsum of the male proctiger with a large central T-shaped projection and a pair of small anterolateral projections (Fig. 4A), and the strongly reflexed female abdominal laterotergites (Fig. 1B). Altavelia columbiensis is larger (about 7.70 mm) and has abundant golden setae on the head, pronotum and abdominal laterotergites (Figs. 6 C–D), less elevated and not sinuous male abdominal laterotergites (Fig. 6C), two central projections and no anterolateral projections on the dorsum of the male proctiger (Fig. 4C), and elevated, but not reflexed, female abdominal laterotergites.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B02850E960FF295FD1FA8B4EDC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Polhemus, Dan A.;Molano, Fredy;Morales, Irina;Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo;Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez	Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez (2019): Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585 (2): 295-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4
8C1D87B02852E96FFF295933FDDC4E84.text	8C1D87B02852E96FFF295933FDDC4E84.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia antioquia Polhemus & Molano & Morales & Moreira & Floriano 2019	<div><p>Altavelia antioquia Molano &amp; Morales, sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 1 C–D, 4B, 4G, 5)</p><p>Apterous male (Figs. 1C, 4B, 4G). Measurements (holotype / paratypes; n = 10): BL 6.60 / 6.63–6.66, HL 0.89 / 0.92–0.95, HW 0.82 / 0.85–0.87, ANT I 1.22 / 1.26–1.28, ANT II 0.95 / 0.97–0.98, ANT III 0.75 / 0.79–0.80, ANT IV 0.89 / 0.91–0.92, EYE 0.33 / 0.32–0.35, PL 1.94 / 1.95–1.97, PW 1.65 / 1.64–1.67, FORELEG: FEM 1.94 / 1.93–1.96, TIB 1.81 / 1.80–1.83, TAR I 0.09 / 0.08–0.11, TAR II 0.46 / 0.45–0.49, TAR III 0.56 / 0.55–0.57; MIDLEG: FEM 2.31 / 2.30–2.33, TIB 2.37 / 2.35–2.40, TAR I 0.13 / 0.11–0.15, TAR II 0.49 / 0.47–0.52, TAR III 0.56 / 0.55–0.58, HINDLEG: FEM 2.93 / 2.92–2.96, TIB 3.40 / 3.40–3.43, TAR I 0.13 / 0.11–0.22, TAR II 0.82 / 0.82–0.86, TAR III 0.62 / 0.61–0.65.</p><p>Body dark brown. Head dark reddish brown. Antennomeres I–II light brown with black stripe at apex, antennomeres III–IV dark brown. Labium with articles I–III brown, article IV black. Pronotum black on midline, dark reddish brown on sides of anterior lobe and humeri, yellowish on most of posterior lobe (Fig. 1C). Coxae and trochanters reddish brown, femora and tibiae reddish brown to dark brown towards apices; tarsi dark brown. Dorsum of abdomen, including terminalia, dark reddish brown; abdominal sterna dark brown.</p><p>Head velvety, covered by golden setae. Antenna covered by short setae; antennomere I widest and curved laterally, II thinner than I, III–IV thinner than II. Ocular setae present. Anterior pronotal lobe narrowed, with abundant golden pilosity except for longitudinal median carina. Humeri broad, elevated. Posterior pronotal lobe with large foveae; posterior margin flat. Legs unarmed, covered by abundant pilosity. Fore tibia with grasping comb occupying approximately 1/6 of is length. Abdomen dorsally covered by abundant short golden setae. Abdominal laterotergites elevated; VII ending in a short spine. Abdominal sterna with long golden setae; posterior margin of sternum VII straight. Dorsum of male proctiger with a large bifurcated projection (V-shaped) (Fig. 4B); paramere with thick base, elongated, flat, curved, with rounded apex (Fig. 4G).</p><p>Apterous female (Fig. 1D). Measurements (paratypes; n = 10): BL 7.09–7.13, HL 0.71–0.73, HW 0.79–0.82, ANT I 1.11–1.15, ANT II 0.98–1.02, ANT III 0.6 5–0.68, ANT IV 0.91–0.94, EYE 0.35–0.39, PL 2.10–2.13, PW 1.90–1.94, FORELEG: FEM 1.97–1.99, TIB 1.80–1.83, TAR I 0.08–0.11, TAR II 0.28–0.31, TAR III 0.38–0.43, MIDLEG: FEM 2.30– 2.33, TIB 2.43–2.47, TAR I 0.12–0.14, TAR II 0.45–0.48, TAR III 0.47–0.50; HINDLEG: FEM 3.02–3.06, TIB 3.74–3.77, TAR I 0.12–0.17, TAR II 0.84–0.88, TAR III 0.55–0.58.</p><p>Color as in apterous male, except for body brown instead of reddish brown, with smaller yellowish areas on posterior lobe of pronotum and orange brown lateral margins of abdominal laterotergites. Body structure similar to male, except for abdominal laterotergites reflexed over sides of mediotergites V–VIII, not ending in spines.</p><p>Type material examined. All specimens apterous. HOLOTYPE ♂ (CEUA 94194): ‘ Colombia, Antioquia \ Sonsón, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.23263&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.77412" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.23263/lat 5.77412)">Vrd. Manzanares arriba Cerro La Vieja</a> \ 5.774120 -75.232625, 3251 m \ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.23263&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.77412" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.23263/lat 5.77412)">Páramo</a>, pitfall \ 16–19 mayo 2014, A. Cardona y D. Cardona’ . 1♀ PARATYPE (UPTC MHN-ART-0063): same data as holotype . 6♂, 6♀ PARATYPES (UPTC MHN-ART-0064): same data as holotype . 3♂, 8♀ PARATYPES (UPTC MHN-ART-0062): same data as holotype . 3♂, 1♀ (UPTC): ‘ Colombia, Antioquia \ Liborina, Vrd. El Placer, 3000 m \ 5–11 noviembre 2011, J. D. Castaño y C. Bota’ . 25♂, 30♀ (UPTC): ‘ Colombia, Antioquia \ Sonsón, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.23628&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.77116" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.23628/lat 5.77116)">Vrd. Manzanares arriba Cerro La Vieja</a> \ 5.771160 -75.236280, 2728 m, pitfall \ 16–19 mayo 2014, A. Cardona y D. Cardona’ . 15♂, 12♀ (CEUA): ‘ Colombia, Antioquia \ Sonsón, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.233604&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.772746" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.233604/lat 5.772746)">Vrd. Manzanares arriba Cerro La Vieja</a> \ 5.772746 -75.233605, 3152 m, ecotono, pitfall \ 16–19 mayo 2014 \ A. Cardona y D. Cardona’ .</p><p>Distribution. This species is known from elevations between 2728 and 3251 m in the municipalities of Sonsón (Paramo forest) and Liborina (“Ecotono”, high mountain forest area), Antioquia Department, Colombia (Fig. 5).</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after Antioquia Department, Colombia, where the types were collected.</p><p>Comments. Altavelia antioquia is superficially similar to A. columbiensis, but can be distinguished from it by the smaller body length (6.60–7.10 mm), the dorsum of the male proctiger with a large bifurcated projection (Vshaped, Fig. 4B), the shape of the paramere (compare Figs. 4G and 4H), and the female abdominal laterotergites reflexed over the sides of mediotergites V–VIII. Altavelia columbiensis is larger (about 7.70 mm long), and has two smaller central projections on the dorsum of male proctiger (Fig. 4C) and female abdominal abdominal laterotegites elevated, but not reflexed.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B02852E96FFF295933FDDC4E84	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Polhemus, Dan A.;Molano, Fredy;Morales, Irina;Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo;Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez	Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez (2019): Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585 (2): 295-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4
8C1D87B0285DE96FFF295F50FE574921.text	8C1D87B0285DE96FFF295F50FE574921.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia boliviana (Breddin 1898)	<div><p>Altavelia boliviana (Breddin, 1898) (new combination)</p><p>(Figs. 6A, 7)</p><p>Paravelia boliviana Breddin, 1898: 12 .</p><p>Lelia boliviana: Hungerford 1930: 120 .</p><p>Paravelia boliviana: J. Polhemus 1976: 512 .</p><p>Material examined. All specimens apterous. 4 ♂, 1♀ (BYU): ‘ Bolivia, La Paz \ Nor Yungas Prov, Balconillo de San Juan\ 2350 m. \ 16.27°S, 67.79°W \ 5 May 2006 \M. Clark’.</p><p>Comments. Distributional records for this species from Peru and Bolivia were provided by D. Polhemus (2014), Rodrigues et al. (2014b) and Rodrigues &amp; Moreira (2016a). Illustrations of the male terminalia were provided by Rodrigues &amp; Moreira (2016a: 656, figures 36–40). The record above expands the known range of this species in Bolivia (Fig. 7).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B0285DE96FFF295F50FE574921	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Polhemus, Dan A.;Molano, Fredy;Morales, Irina;Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo;Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez	Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez (2019): Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585 (2): 295-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4
8C1D87B0285DE96CFF295DA5FDB04FD8.text	8C1D87B0285DE96CFF295DA5FDB04FD8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia columbiensis (Hungerford 1930)	<div><p>Altavelia columbiensis (Hungerford, 1930) (new combination)</p><p>(Figs. 4C, 4H, 6 C–D, 7)</p><p>Lelia columbiensis Hungerford, 1930: 124 .</p><p>Paravelia columbiensis: J. Polhemus 1976: 512 .</p><p>Apterous male (Figs. 4C, 4H, 6 C–D). Measurements (n = 3): BL 7.73–7.8, HL 0.93–0.95, HW 0.93–0.95, ANT I 1.35–1.36, ANT II 1.05–1.1, ANT III 0.78–0.80, ANT IV 0.98–0.99, EYE 0.39–0.40, PL 1.94–1.96, PW 1.94– 1.96, FORLEG: FEM 2.33–2.35, TIB 2.04–2.08, TAR I 0.16–0.18, TAR II 0.35–0.37, TAR III 0.41–0.43, MIDLEG: FEM 2.63–2.65, TIB 2.63–2.66, TAR I 0.17–0.20, TAR II 0.51–0.53, TAR III 0.51–0.53, HINDLEG: FEM 3.12–3.15, TIB 3.93–3.95, TAR I 0.18–0.20, TAR II 0.85–0.87, TAR III 0.68–0.70.</p><p>General color dark brown. Antennomeres II–IV brown with dark brown apices. Labium with apices of articles I–III reddish brown, article IV shining black. Pronotum dark brown with yellow to orange posterolateral margins. Coxae and trochanters reddish brown with dark distal halves. Rest of the legs reddish brown. Abdominal sternum VIII shining black. Proctiger and pygophore brown; paramere reddish brown.</p><p>Head covered by abundant golden setae adjacent to mesal margin of eye; anterolateral region, buccula, and gula without foveae or black spinules. Antennomere I stout and curved laterally. Pronotum covered by golden pubescence on margins up to slightly after humeri; longitudinal carina conspicuous; humeri elevated; humeral angle and posterior margin rounded; posterior lobe with deep, rounded foveae. Thoracic pleura without foveae. Legs without spinules, densely covered by long, dark setae. Grasping comb on fore tibia occupying approximately 1/6 of its length. Abdomen without foveae or spinules, covered by golden setae laterally and ventrally. Tufts of golden setae mesally on each abdominal laterotergite; last laterotergite produced into a short spine. Proctiger with short projections that do not exceed lateral margin (Fig. 4C); paramere large, with apex reaching the proctiger, narrow, lateral margins parallel, curved in the distal third, apex rounded (Fig. 4H).</p><p>Apterous female. Measurements (n = 2): BL 7.73– 7.75; HL 0.98– 0.99, HW 0.93– 0.95, ANT I 1.34–1.35, ANT II 1.00– 1.08, ANT III 0.82– 0.83, ANT IV 0.87–0.89, EYE 0.44– 0.46, PL 2.03–2.08, PW 2.03–2.05, FORLEG: FEM 2.26–2.28, TIB 1.92–1.94, TAR I 0.13–0.15, TAR II 0.38–0.40, TAR III 0.44–0.46, MIDLEG: FEM 2.55–2.57, TIB 2.69–2.70, TAR I 0.15–0.17, TAR II 0.48–0.50, TAR III 0.50–0.52, HINDLEG: FEM 2.98– 3.00, TIB 3.72–3.74, TAR I 0.15–0.17, TAR II 0.64–0.66, TAR III 0.51–0.68.</p><p>Similar to male in color and structure, except for golden setae more visible, especially in abdomen; abdominal laterotergites more elevated, not ending in spines.</p><p>Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ apterous (USNM): ‘ Colombia \ Goudot \ Coll. 1846-20’. 1♀ apterous ALLOTYPE (KU): ‘ Colombia \ Goudot \ Coll. 1846-20 ’.</p><p>Additional material examined. All specimens apterous. 1♀ (UPTC): ‘ Colombia, Tolima \ Cajamarca, Q. La Arenosa\ 4.46538 N 75.49918 W, 2616 m \ 4.ix.2012 A.M. Meza, C.A. Llano, A. Villareal’. 1♂ (UPTC): ‘ Colombia, Tolima \ Cajamarca, Q. La Bermellón\ 4.44800 N 75.52076 W, 2000 m \ 11.x.2012, A.M. Meza, C.A. Llano, A. Villareal’. 2♂, 1♀, 1 nymph (IAVH E-175682, E-175679, E-1756801, E-175678): ‘ Colombia, Caldas \ Pensilvania, Sitio Berlin, Bosque\ 5°21'08'' N, 75°11'10'' W, 2750 m \ Trampa excremento humano, 24–26.vii.2004 \ E. González, L. Arango &amp; J. M. Montes’.</p><p>Distribution. Described from Colombia without a detailed locality by Hungerford (1930) and heretofore not reported again. The first precise records of this species are presented here based on material collected in Caldas and Tolima departments, Colombia (Fig. 7).</p><p>Comments. This species differs from congeners by the abundant golden setae on the head adjacent to the mesal margin of the eye, pronotal margins up to slightly posterior to humeri, and as tufts mesally on each abdominal laterotergite (Figs. 6 C–D); the last abdominal laterotergite of the male produced into a short spine (Figs. 6 C–D); the male proctiger with short projections that do not exceed its lateral margins (Fig. 4C); and by the shape of the paramere (Fig. 4H). It is more similar to A. quindiana Molano &amp; Morales, but can be separated from the latter by the longitudinal median carina not reaching the posterior angle of the pronotum, the absence of golden setae on the midline of abdominal mediotergites and lateral margins of the laterotergites, and the last abdominal laterotergite of the female not produced into spines. In A. quindiana, the longitudinal median carina of the pronotum reaches its posterior angle, golden setae cover the midline of all abdominal mediotergites and the lateral margins of the laterotergites, and the last abdominal laterotergite of the female is produced into spines almost as long as mediotergite VIII (Fig. 2C).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B0285DE96CFF295DA5FDB04FD8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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8C1D87B0285EE96CFF295A02FE6F4D55.text	8C1D87B0285EE96CFF295A02FE6F4D55.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia daza (Padilla-Gil & Moreira 2011)	<div><p>Altavelia daza (Padilla-Gil &amp; Moreira 2011) (new combination)</p><p>(Figs. 4I, 7, 8)</p><p>Paravelia daza Padilla-Gil &amp; Moreira, 2011: 15 .</p><p>Material examined. 1♂ apterous (USNM): ‘ Ecuador, Chimborazo \ Baños (22 km SW)\ 01°27'S 78°30'W 2300 m \ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-1.45" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.5/lat -1.45)">Rio Chambo</a>, 16Sep1990 \ Paul J. Spangler, colln #24 ’.</p><p>Distribution. Colombia (Nariño) and Ecuador (Chimborazo, Napo), with an elevational range of 2300 to 3000 m (D. Polhemus 2014) (Fig. 7).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B0285EE96CFF295A02FE6F4D55	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Polhemus, Dan A.;Molano, Fredy;Morales, Irina;Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo;Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez	Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez (2019): Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585 (2): 295-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4
8C1D87B0285EE96BFF295988FF7E4D14.text	8C1D87B0285EE96BFF295988FF7E4D14.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia flavomarginata (Hungerford 1930)	<div><p>Altavelia flavomarginata (Hungerford, 1930) (new combination)</p><p>(Figs. 3B, 4D, 4J, 9 A–B, 10)</p><p>Lelia flavomarginata Hungerford, 1930: 123 .</p><p>Lelia amoena Drake, 1957: 138 (new synonymy).</p><p>Paravelia amoena: J. Polhemus 1976: 512 .</p><p>Paravelia flavomarginata: J. Polhemus 1976: 512 .</p><p>Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ apterous (USNM): ‘Venez.’ ‘Type\ Velia \ amoena \ Drake’ ‘C J Drake\ Coll. 1956’.</p><p>Additional material examined. All specimens apterous unless otherwise noted. 1♀ (UPTC): ‘ Colombia, Risaralda \ Municipio de Pereira, Vereda La Suiza \ 1800 m, Vegetación borde de quebrada\ mayo 2014, Col: J. Barrera, F. Molano’. 1♂ (CEBUC): ‘ Colombia, Caldas \ Jardín Botánico, 9.ii.2014, 2200m \ Y. Maya’. 2♂ (CEBUC): ‘ Colombia, Caldas \ Jardín Botánico, 13.ii.2014 \ 2200m’. 1♂, 2♀ (WSPC): ‘ Colombia, Norte de Santander \ Toledo\ 6 km SE of El Porvenir on Hwy\ 1750 m \ 7.154850/-72.403417\ W. Sondermann’. 1♂, micropterous (USNM): ‘ Colombia, Valle del Cauca \ upper Rio Ponce near\ El Topacio, Farallones\ de Cali National Park\ 1550 m., 27 July 1989 \ CL 2423 D.A. &amp; J. T. Polhemus’. 1♂, 4♀ (IAVH E-175675, E-175677, E- 175676, E-175689, E-175690): ‘ Colombia, Huila, SO Acevedo\ PNN Cueva de los Guacharos, Sector Cedros Cabaña\ Bosque Secundario bien conservado\ 1° 37' 7'' N, 76° 61' 19'' W\ 1950 m \ Manual\ 29.xi.2001 \ E. González &amp; D’.</p><p>Comments. The holotype of Velia amoena is a wingless male specimen in moderately good condition, glued to a card (Fig. 9B); it is held in the C. J. Drake Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. All of the leg segments are present except for the right middle leg (which is missing entirely) and the right fore tarsus. The antennae are represented only by articles I–II on the left side. The body is intact, but the pronotum has a large hole where a pin was apparently inserted at some time in the past. It appears that the specimen was originally pinned, then later removed from the pin and card-mounted. The abdominal terminalia are intact and have not been dissected. The labels below the specimen consist of a hand-written locality label on white paper reading only “Venez.”, followed by a hand-written label on red paper reading “Type Velia amoena Drake ”, then followed by a printed label on white paper reading “C J Drake Coll. 1956”. In his description, Drake (1957) indicated that P. amoena may be separated from P. flavomarginata by the “antennal measurements, shape of parameres, and color markings.” However, there are no specimens of P. flavomarginata in either the Drake Collection or line collection at USNM, and it is not clear if Drake had any examples of this species for comparison.</p><p>The coloration of Drake's holotype is nearly identical to that of recently collected specimens of P. flavomarginata from Colombia (see records in D. Polhemus 2014), and comparison of antennal ratios to Hungerford's (1930) description is limited because both of the specimens upon which Hungerford based his description of P. flavomarginata had only articles I and II present, although in both species article I is only slightly longer than II. Despite Drake’s assertion of genitalic differences, a comparison of the male terminalia shows that the form of the proctiger and parameres in the holotype of P. amoena are identical to the figures of these structures provided by Hungerford (1930) for P. flavomarginata . As a result, P. amoena is placed into synonymy under P. flavomarginata .</p><p>Through the courtesy of Mr. Wolfram Sondermann of Bogotá (in litt.), it is also possible to provide yet another Colombian record for this species in the present paper, with the specimens’ identity having been verified through examination of digital photographs sent by Mr. Sondermann. He also supplied the following detailed notes regarding the habitat: “This is a rather special habitat, a cold roadside ditch fed by water running down vertical rock, and marginally with some Sphagnum . Due to these conditions, the other insects found are either rheophilic or stagnophilic: Agametrus humilis, Copelatus alternatus, Copelatus cf. concolor, two undescribed Copelatus spp., Eurygerris atrekes, Gyrinus sp., Laccophilus sp., Oocyclus morgani, Rhantus andinus, and Tropisternus sp.” This vertical rheocrene habitat is similar to that reported for P. flavomarginata at El Topacio, near Cali, by D. Polhemus (2014).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B0285EE96BFF295988FF7E4D14	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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8C1D87B02859E96BFF295949FCDC4CD7.text	8C1D87B02859E96BFF295949FCDC4CD7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia inveruglas (Kirkaldy 1899)	<div><p>Altavelia inveruglas (Kirkaldy, 1899) (new combination)</p><p>(Figs. 4 L–M, 9C, 10)</p><p>Paravelia inveruglas Kirkaldy, 1899: 4 .</p><p>Lelia inveruglas: Kirkaldy &amp; Torre-Bueno 1909: 205 .</p><p>Paravelia inveruglas: J. Polhemus 1976: 512 .</p><p>Material examined. 1♂ apterous (USNM): ‘ Peru S. A.\ April 1925 1935\ F. Woytkowskii, Near Viena Andes\ bank R. Ronatullo, 2600m. above sea, Field notes\ No. 3513, Velia, inveruglas \ Det. J. T. Polhemus’.</p><p>Comments. This species does not seem to be commonly collected. The holotype came from Ecuador, with an additional record from Peru provided by D. Polhemus (2014).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B02859E96BFF295949FCDC4CD7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Polhemus, Dan A.;Molano, Fredy;Morales, Irina;Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo;Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez	Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez (2019): Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585 (2): 295-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4
8C1D87B02859E96AFF295F0BFAE34D89.text	8C1D87B02859E96AFF295F0BFAE34D89.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia montana Polhemus & Molano & Morales & Moreira & Floriano 2019	<div><p>Altavelia montana Molano &amp; Morales, sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 2 A–B, 3A, 4E, 4K, 5)</p><p>Apterous male (Figs. 2A, 4E, 4K). Measurements (holotype / paratype): BL 6.60 / 7.00, HL 0.89 / 0.94, HW 0.69 / 0.73, ANT I 1.19 / 124, ANT II 0.84 / 0.86, ANT III 0.79 / 0.82, ANT IV 0.93 / 0.96, EYE 0.29 / 0.32, PL 1.58 / 1.63, PW 1.68 / 1.75, FORELEG: FEM 0.19 / 2.10, TIB 1.89 / 1.93, TAR I 0.07 / 0.09, TAR II 0.28 / 0.31, TAR III 0.50 / 0.54, MIDLEG: FEM 2.29 / 2.34, TIB 2.30 / 2.40, TAR I 0.13 / 0.17, TAR II 0.48 / 0.60, TAR III 0.59 / 0.63, HINDLEG: FEM 2.69 / 2.73, TIB 3.53 / 3.60, TAR I 0.14 / 0.15, TAR II 0.73 / 0.76, TAR III 0.62 / 0.67.</p><p>General color dark reddish brown. Antennomere II with a transverse, black stripe at apex, antennomeres III–IV dark brown. Labium with articles I–IV dark brown. Pronotum reddish brown, concolorous with head, lighter than abdominal terga. Coxae, trochanters, femora, and tibiae brown to dark brown towards apices; tarsi dark brown. Dorsum of abdomen, including terminalia, dark brown. Abdominal sterna dark brown.</p><p>Head velvety, with two longer setae on frons. Antenna covered by short setae; antennomere I widest and curved laterally, II thinner than I, III–IV thinner than II, with abundant short setae. Ocular setae present. Pronotum with thick golden pilosity. Humeri broad, slightly elevated. Posterior pronotal lobe with large foveae; posterior margin rounded. Legs unarmed, covered by abundant pilosity. Fore tibia with grasping comb occupying approximately 2/3 of is length. Abdomen dorsally covered by thick golden setae. Abdominal laterotergites elevated about 25°, ending in spines with about half the length of abdominal mediotergite VIII. Abdominal sterna with golden setae; sternum VII flat at middle. Dorsum of male proctiger with two elongated, narrow projections (Fig. 4E). Paramere elongated, flat, slightly curved mesally, with curved apex slightly flattened, with a row of setae on base of ventral surface (Fig. 4K).</p><p>Apterous female (Fig. 2B). Measurements (paratypes; n = 2): BL 7.68–7.90, HL 0.73–0.76, HW 0.73–0.76, ANT I 1.08–1.30, ANT II 0.89–1.30, ANT III 0.83–0.99, ANT IV 0.95–1.02, EYE 0.33–0.36, PL 1.68–1.73, PW 1.69–1.73; FORELEG: FEM 1.88–1.91, TIB 1.88–1.90, TAR I 0.06–0.09, TAR II 0.32–0.35, TAR III 0.44–0.48; MIDLEG: FEM 2.20–2.50, TIB 2.40–2.60, TAR I 0.13–0.16. TAR II 0.48–0.54, TAR III 0.53–0.60, HINDLEG: FEM 2.48–2.60, TIB 3.60–3.80, TAR I 0.13–0.16, TAR II 0.79–0.83, TAR III 0.84–0.93.</p><p>Color as in apterous male. Body structure similar to male, except abdominal laterotergites more elevated, sinuous, reflected over posterior abdominal segments; last laterotergite produced into long, thick spines (as long as mediotergite VII) (Fig. 2B).</p><p>Type material examined. All specimens apterous. HOLOTYPE ♂ (IAVH E-175688): ‘ Colombia, Norte de Santander \ PNN Tama, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-72.26&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.25" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -72.26/lat 7.25)">Sector Orocué</a> \ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-72.26&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.25" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -72.26/lat 7.25)">Bosque</a> alto andino secundario, 7.25 N 72.26 W \ 2750 m, Interceptación de vuelo \ 28.vi.1999 \ E. González &amp; D. Dávila’ . 1♀ PARATYPE (IAVH E-175661), 1♂, 1♀ PARATYPES (UPTC MHN-ART-0077, MHN-ART-0078): same data as holotype .</p><p>Distribution. This species is known from Parque Nacional Natural Tama (2750 m), a high mountain forest area of Norte de Santander Department, Colombia (Fig. 5).</p><p>Etymology. The species’ name “ montana ” comes from the Spanish word “montaña” (= mountain).</p><p>Comments. Altavelia montana is similar to A. daza in body color, but can be distinguished from it by the smaller size (6.60–7.90 mm), the dorsum of the male proctiger with two elongated, narrow projections (Fig. 4E), the shape of parameres (compare Figs. 4K and Fig. 4I), and the long, thick posterior spines on the female last abdominal laterotergite (Fig. 2B). Altavelia daza is 9.20–9.80 mm long, has larger posterolateral projections on the dorsum of the male proctiger, and much shorter and narrower spines on the last female abdominal laterotergite.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B02859E96AFF295F0BFAE34D89	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Polhemus, Dan A.;Molano, Fredy;Morales, Irina;Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo;Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez	Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez (2019): Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585 (2): 295-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4
8C1D87B02858E96AFF2959F2FD994B4B.text	8C1D87B02858E96AFF2959F2FD994B4B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia osborniana (Kirkaldy 1909)	<div><p>Altavelia osborniana (Kirkaldy, 1909) (new combination)</p><p>(Figs. 4 N–O, 9D, 10)</p><p>Lelia brunnea Osborn, 1904: 204 (preoccupied by Lelia brunnea Horváth, 1898: 153).</p><p>Lelia osborniana Kirkaldy, 1909: 31 (new name for Lelia brunnea Osborn).</p><p>Paravelia osborniana: J. Polhemus 1976: 512 .</p><p>Material examined. 1♀ macropterous (USNM) ‘ PERU: 50 mi. \ S. Tingo Maria,\ Carpish Creet\ XII-28-1954 ’ ‘ Velia \ osborniana \ Det. J. T. Polhemus’ ‘E.I.Schlinger\ &amp; E. S. Ross\ collectors’.</p><p>Comments. A discussion of the nomenclatural history of this species and records from Peru and Bolivia were provided by D. Polhemus (2014).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B02858E96AFF2959F2FD994B4B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Polhemus, Dan A.;Molano, Fredy;Morales, Irina;Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo;Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez	Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez (2019): Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585 (2): 295-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4
8C1D87B02858E977FF295FBFFBBE4E84.text	8C1D87B02858E977FF295FBFFBBE4E84.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia quindiana Polhemus & Molano & Morales & Moreira & Floriano 2019	<div><p>Altavelia quindiana Molano &amp; Morales, sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 2C, 5)</p><p>Apterous female (Fig. 2C). Measurements (holotype / paratype): BL 7.40 / 7.50, HL 0.95 / 0.98, HW 0.89 / 0.91, ANT I 1.25 / 1.26, ANT II 0.95 / 0.95, ANT III 0.69 / 0.70, ANT IV 0.82 / 0.83, EYE 0.33 / 0.34, PL 2.04 / 2.07, PW 1.91 / 1.92; FORELEG: FEM 2.07 / 2.08, TIB 1.81 / 1.82, TAR I 0.10 / 0.11, TAR II 0.25 / 0.26, TAR III 0.42 / 0.44; MIDLEG: FEM 2.27 / 2.30, TIB 2.35 / 2.37, TAR I 0.10 / 0.12, TAR II 0.40 / 0.42, TAR III 0.50 / 0.52; HINDLEG: FEM 2.50 /, TIB 3.50 /, TAR I 0.12 / 0.14, TAR II 0.65 / 0.67, TAR III 0.50 / 0.51.</p><p>General color dark brown. Antennomeres I–II reddish brown with black stripe at apices, antennomeres III–IV dark brown. Labium with articles I–III reddish brown, article IV black. Margins of pronotum light yellow posterior to humeri (Fig. 2C). Coxae, trochanters, and femora reddish brown; tibiae reddish brown to dark brown towards apices; tarsi dark brown.</p><p>Head velvety, covered by golden setae, these more abundant adjacent to the mesal margin of eye, with two longer setae on frons. Antenna covered by short setae; antennomere I widest and curved laterally, II thinner than I, III–IV thinner than II. Ocular setae present. Pronotum with anterior lobe narrowed, covered by abundant golden pilosity on lateral margin up to slightly posterior to humeri; longitudinal median carina dark, reaching posterior angle; humeri broad, slightly elevated; posterior lobe with large foveae; posterior margin flat (Fig. 2C). Legs unarmed, covered by abundant pilosity. Dorsum of abdomen (including midline of mediotergites and lateral margins of laterotergites) covered by abundant short golden setae (Fig. 2C). Abdominal laterotergites elevated, not reflexed over abdomen, ending in thick spines almost as long as mediotergite VIII. Abdominal sterna with short golden setae; posterior margin of sternite VII straight.</p><p>Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♀ apterous (UPTC MHN-ART-0065): ‘ Colombia, Quindío \ Calarcá, El Tunel, Campanario \ Alt. 3210 m \ pitfall, mayo 18 2014 \ Col. R. Silva’ . 1♀ apterous PARATYPE (IAVH E- 168315): ‘ Colombia, Quindío \ Salento, Estrella de Agua, Frontino \ Alt. 3230 m, pitfall, mayo 25-2014 \ Col. R. Silva’ .</p><p>Distribution. This species is known from the municipalities of Calarcá and Salento (“Ecotono” high mountain forest area) of Quindío Department, Colombia, in altitudes between 3210 and 3230 m (Fig. 5).</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after the Colombian department of Quindío, where the types were collected.</p><p>Comments. Males of A. quindiana are unknown and the females are similar to A. columbiensis . For a detailed comparison between these two species, see the comments section under the latter.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B02858E977FF295FBFFBBE4E84	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Polhemus, Dan A.;Molano, Fredy;Morales, Irina;Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo;Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez	Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez (2019): Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585 (2): 295-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4
8C1D87B02845E977FF295AF9FBA84C5C.text	8C1D87B02845E977FF295AF9FBA84C5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Altavelia willei (Drake & Harris 1940)	<div><p>Altavelia willei (Drake &amp; Harris, 1940) (new combination)</p><p>(Figs. 10, 11)</p><p>Lelia willei Drake &amp; Harris, 1940: 31 .</p><p>Paravelia willei: J. Polhemus, 1976: 512 .</p><p>Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ apterous (USNM): ‘ Peru, Santa Eulalia river \ March 29 1935 \ J.E. Wille collector’.</p><p>Comments. Distributional records for this species from Peru, to which it seems to be endemic, were provided by D. Polhemus (2014). The male abdominal terminalia of this species have not been previously illustrated, and figures are provided here (Figs. 11 C, D) to aid in future recognition of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1D87B02845E977FF295AF9FBA84C5C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Polhemus, Dan A.;Molano, Fredy;Morales, Irina;Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo;Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez	Polhemus, Dan A., Molano, Fredy, Morales, Irina, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez (2019): Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585 (2): 295-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4
