taxonID	type	description	language	source
616A87C1910D6C6CFF39FD52FB679A53.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 13, 30) urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 96 E 3 D 944 - 6 DCC- 4849 - B 4 CD- 8 C 93 B 21 DE 1 F 5 Description: Macropterous male: HOLOTYPE (Figs. 1 – 2), length 5.08; maximum width 1.77. PARATYPE (n = 1), length 5.24; maximum width 1.78. Color. Head and most of pronotum dark-brown; apical portion of pronotum (posterior to humeral angle) lightbrown (Fig. 1). Antennomeres I and II yellowish-brown, except apical region of II dark-brown; III and IV darkbrown, except basal region of III yellowish-brown. Labium dark-brown ventromedially, black distally. Forewing light-brown, with scattered dark-brown areas; veins pale-brown; a small, roughly ovate white macula near posterior margin of pronotum; another ovate, larger macula, centrally near wing apex (Fig. 1). Acetabula and legs yellowishbrown; femora and tibiae each bearing a dark-brown, sometimes faint, annulation at mid-length, and another less evident, sometimes indistinct, at apical region. Abdominal laterotergites brown, with small, pale-yellow patches at each intersegmental suture; abdominal sterna with same patches laterally. Abdominal sterna dark-brown laterally, light-brown centrally, with darker band on region of insertion of lateral abdominal muscles (Fig. 5). Head. Short, declivant anteriorly, with weak impressed median line; pair of rounded indentations near mesal margins of eyes; black denticles absent; length 0.66, width 0.96; eye width 0.26. Ocular setae absent. Antenniferous tubercle wide and swollen. Antenna densely covered by golden pubescence and scattered long brown setae; antennomere I thicker than others, curved laterally; II slightly thicker than III and IV; III and IV subequal in width; IV filiform (Fig. 1); length of antennomeres, I 0.84, II 0.68, III 0.74, IV 0.82. Thorax. Pronotum long, completely covering meso- and metanota; covered by fine golden pubescence intermixed with elongate dark-brown setae; length along midline 2.10, maximum width 1.77; humeri raised; anterior lobe with row of rounded punctations adjacent to anterior margin, posterolaterally with faint, narrow, transverse, frosty pruinosity (better visualized on female in Fig. 3); posterior lobe covered by rounded punctations, these becoming larger towards apex, with a low carina along longitudinal midline and a small process at distal tip. Forewing reaching tip of abdomen, leaving only posterior portion of genital capsule exposed; with four closed cells; veins on basal half with elongate dark-brown setae. Proepimeron with two rows of rounded punctations. Mesepisternum with row of rounded punctations. Metapleuron with scattered rounded punctations. Mesoacetabulum with a rounded punctation on mesal surface. Prosternum with row of four rounded punctations anteriorly. Meso- and metasterna centrally with two pairs of small tubercles on intersegmental region. Metasternum with posterior margin convex. Legs. Densely covered with short, appressed, pale setae, and elongate, golden setae. Fore tibia with grasping comb (0.96 mm long) occupying more than half of its length (Fig. 6). Middle tibia with a row of elongate darkbrown trichobothria-like setae on posterior third, decreasing in size distally. Hind femur thicker than others and slightly dilated on posterior third, bearing a single row of 15 small spines on posterior margin (Fig. 1). Hind tibia slightly clavate (Fig. 2). Leg measurements as follows: fore leg, femur 1.27, tibia 1.31, tarsomeres 1 – 3, 0.10, 0.27, 0.41; middle leg, femur 1.76, tibia 1.89, tarsomeres 1 – 3, 0.09, 0.56, 0.45; hind leg, femur 2.00, tibia 2.48, tarsomeres 1 – 3, 0.10, 0.51, 0.46. Abdomen. Lateral margins slightly constricted at mid-length. Laterotergites covered by golden pubescence and elongate brown setae, not elevated, without black denticles. Laterally, on region of insertion of lateral abdominal muscles, with narrow, roughly ovate or longitudinal furrows (= striae sensu Polhemus 2021). Sterna covered by fine golden pubescence and elongate pale-yellow setae, the latter concentrated on ventrolateral margins; sternum II compressed laterally; III unmodified; IV – VI weakly flattened on midline; VII with a pair of rounded bumps, with posterior margin evenly concave. Tergum VIII (= first genital segment in part of the literature) with elongate darkbrown setae dorsolaterally, without black denticles (Figs. 8 – 10). Proctiger with elongate brown setae on apical third, without projections or spines (Fig. 11). Paramere basally notched on dorsal surface, sinuous, with elongate golden setae and truncate apex (Figs. 12 – 13). Macropterous female. PARATYPES (n = 3), length 4.96 – 5.12 (mean = 5.02); maximum width (across humeral angles) 1.69 – 1.78 (mean = 1.75). Leg measurements as follows: fore leg, femur 1.17 – 1.19, tibia 1.18 – 1.26, tarsomeres 1 – 3, 0.05 – 0.07, 0.17 – 0.22, 0.28 – 0.37; middle leg, femur 1.38 – 1.54, tibia 1.48 – 1.62, tarsomeres 1 – 3, 0.08 – 0.09, 0.41 – 0.43, 0.42 – 0.43; hind leg, femur 1.67 – 1.83, tibia 2.01 – 2.10, tarsomeres 1 – 3, 0.10 – 0.16, 0.40 – 0.45, 0.43 – 0.44. Similar to male in general structure and coloration (Figs. 3 – 4), except as follows: grasping comb of fore tibia distinctly shorter, 0.17 mm long, occupying only a small apical portion of segment (Fig. 7); hind femur without row of spines; hind tibia cylindrical, not clavate; lateral margins of abdomen not constricted at mid-length; posterior corner of laterotergite VII narrowly rounded to right-angled, not spinose; first gonocoxa without black denticles.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C1910D6C6CFF39FD52FB679A53.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. This species is known only from the type locality in Putumayo Department, Amazonian region of Colombia (Fig. 30). The specimens were collected on pools within the forest and a behavior of moving by small jumps was observed.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C1910D6C6CFF39FD52FB679A53.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by the bicolored pronotum (dark-brown at basal two-thirds and light-brown posteriorly); the absence of distinct pruinosity or silvery patches on the anterior lobe of the pronotum; the basal macula of the forewing small and roughly ovate (Figs. 1, 3); the grasping comb of the male fore tibia occupying more than half of the length of this segment (Fig. 6); the male hind femur with a row of 15 spines on the basal two-thirds (Fig. 1); and the paramere notched basally on the dorsal surface (Figs. 12 – 13). Furthermore, this species exhibits sexual dimorphism in the body shape and in the hind tibial length, with males having a slightly constricted mid-abdominal region (Fig. 1) and a hind tibia that is distinctly longer than in females (2.48 – 2.58 in males, 2.01 – 2.10 in females). Comparative notes. Comparing this species with its presumed closest relative within Paravelia is difficult, mainly due to the absence of phylogenetic studies among the species of the genus. The new species described here does not have ocular setae, a characteristic shared with the genera Callivelia, Platyvelia, and Steinovelia. However, P. ameliae n. sp. lacks other diagnostic features of these genera. Two other features present in the new species are shared with its bromeliad-inhabiting congeners, namely P. bachmanni Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016, P. bromelicola Rodrigues & Moreira, 2016, P. gabrielae Moreira & Barbosa, 2011, P. helenae (Hungerford, 1929), P. itatiayana (Drake, 1951), P. manausana Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984, and P. recens (Drake & Harris, 1935): (1) the small posterior projection of the midline of the pronotum, and (2) the male hind tibia clavate. Since the bromeliadicolus species have some other characteristics absent in P. ameliae n. sp., such as the ocular setae, we believe that these two features probably evolved independently. In addition to differences in morphology, individuals of the new species were collected on pools, while the bromeliad-inhabiting species are restricted to the water pockets stored by the plants. Currently, only one species of Paravelia is recorded from Colombia: P. recens. The others species previously recorded from the country were all transferred to the genus Altavelia (see Polhemus et al. 2019). The new species is easily separated from P. recens and all the other species of the genus based on the diagnostic characters mentioned above. Future phylogenetic studies may provide evidence of the species or lineage closest to this new species.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C1910D6C6CFF39FD52FB679A53.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named in honor of Amelia Carvajal Morales, daughter of the last author of the present work.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C1910D6C6CFF39FD52FB679A53.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined. HOLOTYPE, ♂ macropterous (UPTC-In- 24507), COLOMBIA, Putumayo, Puerto Asis, Vereda Santa Maralto, Canaguchal, 250 msnm, 26. XI. 2019, Col. Cárdenas, J. PARATYPES: 1 ♀ macropterous (UPTC-In- 24508), 2 ♀ macropterous, 1 ♂ macropterous (UPTC-In- 24509), same data as holotype.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191096C6DFF39FF68FB6B998A.taxon	description	(Figs. 14 – 16, 30)	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191096C6DFF39FF68FB6B998A.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This species was described from a macropterous female from Valencia, northern Venezuela. Hungerford (1930 b), based on the holotype deposited in RBINS, presented a short redescription of this species, including illustrations of the dorsal habitus of the body and of the hind leg. This same author had considered P. albotrimaculata as a member of the P. inveruglas group (see Hungerford 1929). Polhemus et al. (2019) proposed the genus Altavelia to hold some species previously included in the P. inveruglas group, in addition to others described by them on the occasion. However, they kept P. albotrimaculata in the genus Paravelia due to inconsistency regarding some characteristics, such as the presence of maculae on the forewing (Fig. 14), which are absent in all species of Altavelia. In the same paper, the authors also mentioned that P. albotrimaculata would be more closely related to three phytotelma-inhabiting species: P. loutoni Polhemus, 2014, P. myersi (Hungerford, 1931), and P. reclusa Polhemus, 2014. After examining the holotype of P. albotrimaculata, a distinct morphological similarity with P. loutoni became apparent. Both species share the general color of the body, including the broad, yellow annulation on the base of all femora, and the shape of the forewing maculae (Figs. 14 – 16, 17 – 18). Furthermore, body sizes are almost coincident, i. e. 8.20 in the female holotype of P. albotrimaculata and 8.30 in the female paratype of P. loutoni. However, P. albotrimaculata can be distinguished from P. loutoni by the following characteristics: the rounded punctations on the posterior lobe of the pronotum are smaller in size and more densely distributed; the pronotal apex ending at the apical margin of the forewing basal macula; the yellow annulation of the hind femur reaching the first spine of the posterior margin (Fig. 14); the intersegmental region between abdominal sterna II – III with a depression on each side of the midline; the gonocoxae shorter along the commissure than the exposed portion of the proctiger when viewed ventrally (Fig. 15); and the lateral margin of the gonocoxa without a strong angle, evenly curved; whereas in P. loutoni the rounded punctations on the posterior lobe of the pronotum are large and scattered; the pronotal apex extends posteriorly beyond the apical margin of the forewing basal macula (Fig. 18); the yellow annulation of the hind femur does not reach the first spine of the posterior margin (Fig. 17); the intersegmental region between abdominal sterna II – III does not have a depression on each side of the midline; the gonocoxae are longer along the commissure than the exposed portion of the proctiger when viewed ventrally (Fig. 19); and the lateral margin of the gonocoxa is strongly angled. Because P. albotrimaculata was described based only on the female holotype, until now its only known specimen, it is not possible to compare male characters between these two species. Field work near the type-locality of P. albotrimaculata in Venezuela is necessary in order to obtain male specimens and further compare it with P. loutoni.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191096C6DFF39FF68FB6B998A.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. This species is recorded from the State of Carabobo, northern Venezuela (Fig. 30). Although P. albotrimaculata is morphologically very similar to P. loutoni and P. reclusa, both of which inhabit water-filled bamboo internodes, its ecology is currently unknown, so concluding that it also occurs in such habitat is premature. Published records. Venezuela: Carabobo (Kirkaldy 1899).	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191096C6DFF39FF68FB6B998A.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined. HOLOTYPE, ♀ macropterous (RBINS), [VENEZUELA, Carabobo], Valença [= Valencia], Coll. Camille Van Volxem, Velia albotrimaculata Kirk. ♀ Type, 4864, Déterm. Kirkaldy.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C1910A6C60FF39F8ABFB6E9A53.taxon	description	(Figs. 17 – 20, 30)	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C1910A6C60FF39F8ABFB6E9A53.taxon	discussion	Discussion. Polhemus (2014) conjectured the hypothesis of a subgroup within Paravelia formed by four species: P. loutoni, P. reclusa, P. atra (Polhemus, 1969), and P. myersi. This subgroup was based on the body length ranging from 5.8 – 8.2 mm, body length-to-width ratios ranging from 2.94 – 3.46, and in the similarity of the forewing maculae pattern (Polhemus 2014). Furthermore, according to the same author, these species are probably restricted to phytotelmata, where P. loutoni and P. reclusa inhabit water-filled bamboo internodes, and P. myersi inhabits water-filled treeholes. The ecology of P. atra is unknown, but due to the morphological similarity between it and P. myersi, there is a possibility that it is also an inhabitant of waters accumulated in treeholes. The same occurs with P. albotrimaculata, another species with an unknown ecology, which is a possible inhabitant of waters accumulated in bamboo internodes due to the morphological similarity with P. loutoni. Polhemus (2014), in the original description of P. loutoni, compared it with P. myersi (Hungerford, 1931), where he mentioned that both species are similar in overall appearance and body form, but that they can be separated by the structure of the male paramere. After examining material from these two species, we were able to easily separate them by other characteristics. In P. loutoni, the fourth antennomere is distinctly lighter than the others (Fig. 17); the eyes are further away from the posterior margin of the head; the pronotum has frosty pubescence on the anterior lobe and on the anterior half of the posterior lobe; the posterior margin of the pronotum is tapered, with a triangular-shaped apex; the basal macula of the forewing is concave basally (Fig. 18); and each femur has a yellow annulation at the basal third (Fig. 17); whereas in P. myersi the fourth antennomere is concolorous with the others; the eyes are arranged closer to the posterior margin of the head; the pronotum has only a small area with frosty pubescence between the anterior and posterior lobes; the posterior margin of the pronotum is rounded; the forewing basal macula is roughly rounded; and each femur has homogeneous coloration, with the basal half slightly lighter and no basal annulations.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C1910A6C60FF39F8ABFB6E9A53.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. This species is recorded from the Department of Cuzco, central-southern region of Peru (Fig. 30). Individuals live in water-filled bamboo internodes (Polhemus 2014). Published records. Peru: Cuzco (Polhemus 2014).	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C1910A6C60FF39F8ABFB6E9A53.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. PARATYPE, ♀ macropterous (BPBM), PERU, Cuzco, San Martin, Shell Oil gas drill site, Urubamba Valley, 490 m, 11 ° 46 ’ 53 ” S, 72 ° 42 ’ 06 ” W, in bamboo, 20 February 1997, J. Louton.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191046C61FF39FB79FB359FB7.taxon	description	(Figs. 21 – 26, 30)	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191046C61FF39FB79FB359FB7.taxon	discussion	Discussion. Illustrations of this species, as well as other diagnostic characteristics, were provided by Moreira & Barbosa (2012), Rodrigues et al. (2014), and Rodrigues & Moreira (2022). Paravelia nieseri is morphologically very similar to P. truxali Polhemus & Polhemus, 1985, and both can be separated by the color of the pronotum and the structure of the female hind femur. In P. nieseri, the pronotum is mostly black with only an orange posterior band (Fig. 21) and the female hind femur lacks black pegs, whereas in P. truxali the pronotum is orange, with the anterior lobe, humeral angles, and a wide median stripe black, and the female hind femur has seven black pegs on the posterior surface, which increase in size distally.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191046C61FF39FB79FB359FB7.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. This species is distributed in the States of Minas Gerais and Piauí, southeastern and northeastern Brazil respectively, in regions ranging from 524 to 1300 meters in elevation (Fig. 30). It can be collected in temporary ponds on open trails, in ponds in shaded areas with litter substrate, and more recently, it has been found in subterranean waters in limestone caves. Published records. Brazil: Minas Gerais and Piauí (Moreira & Barbosa 2012; Rodrigues et al. 2014; Rodrigues & Moreira 2016; Rodrigues & Moreira 2022).	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191046C61FF39FB79FB359FB7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. All specimens macropterous. BRAZIL, Minas Gerais; Serra do Cipó, Cardeal Mota, Trilha dos Escravos, 19 ° 18.852 ’ S, 43 ° 36.069 ’ W, 1.023 m, 23. Nov. 2016, L- 1959, H. Rodrigues col. (1 ♂, MZUSP); Santuário do Caraça, poça na trilha da Cachoeira Cascatona [= pool in the Cascatona Waterfall trail], 20 ° 5.834 ’ S, 43 ° 29.397 ’ W, 1.277 m, 26. Nov. 2016, L- 1970, R. W. Sites & H. Rodrigues col. (1 ♀, MZUSP).	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191066C63FF39FF68FE199DE7.taxon	description	(Figs. 27 – 30)	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191066C63FF39FF68FE199DE7.taxon	discussion	Discussion. A photograph of the dorsal habitus of the macropterous form of this species was provided by Rodrigues et al. (2014). Recently, Mazzucconi et al. (2022) recorded this species from the Province of Corrientes, Argentina, 92 years after its original record from “ La Plata ” (Hungerford 1930 a). The same authors also offered a photograph of the dorsal habitus of the micropterous male. In the present study, we examined a micropterous male (Fig. 27) collected in the Amazon, State of Pará, northern Brazil, the northernmost record of the species known at moment. Paravelia rotundanotata is morphologically very similar to P. confusa (Hungerford, 1930) and P. ornata Rodrigues, Moreira, Nieser, Chen & Melo, 2014, and these three form a distinct subgroup within the genus. They all share, for example, the pubescence of the body and the maculae pattern on the forewing of the macropterous specimens, in addition to the body covered by small black denticles. It can be separated from these congeners by the absence of projections on male abdominal sternum VII (present in P. confusa) and by the antennomere IV distinctly lighter than the others (Fig. 27) (concolorous with the others in P. ornata). The term “ pruinose areas ” sensu Rodrigues et al. (2014) mentioned for this species is here changed to “ frosty pubescence ”. Pruinosity is caused by wax particles on the insect’s cuticle that cover up the underlying coloration, giving a dusty or frosted appearance, which does not seem to occur in P. rotundanotata. In this species, it appears that these whitish regions along the body are formed by a very dense layer of short setae.	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191066C63FF39FF68FE199DE7.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. This species is distributed from northern Brazil, in the Amazon, to the province of Buenos Aires (La Plata), in Argentina (Fig. 30). The records from Minas Gerais, Brazil, mentioned by Hungerford (1930 a) were not included in the map due to the absence of precision. The specimen from Pará, northern Brazil, was collected in a stream in a pasture area, without marginal vegetation, whereas that examined by Mazzucconi et al. (2022) was collected on the open water surface at the Corriente River, in a shaded place close to emergent vegetation. Published records. Argentina: Corrientes and “ La Plata ” (Hungerford 1930 a; Mazzucconi et al. 2022). Brazil: Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, and Mato Grosso do Sul (Hungerford 1930 a, Rodrigues et al. 2014).	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
616A87C191066C63FF39FF68FE199DE7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. BRAZIL, Pará: Paragominas, igarapé em área de pastagem [= stream in pasture area], sem vegetação marginal [= without marginal vegetation], - 3.0286, - 47.82074, 15. VIII. 2015, E. J. Cunha col. (1 ♂ micropterous, CEIOC).	en	Rodrigues, Higor D. D., Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Morales, Irina (2022): New species and notes on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 277-289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.5
