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From Cebu Island, Philippines1 © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Rhagovelia heissi nov.sp., a remarkable new species of the R. orientalis species group (Heteroptera, Veliidae) from Cebu Island, Philippines1 H. ZETTEL & J.P. BONGO Abstract: Rhagovelia heissi nov.sp., an endemic species from Cebu Island, Philippines, is newly described. The new species belongs to the Rhagovelia orientalis species group, but is morphologically distant from all other species. Key words: Cebu, Heteroptera, new species, Philippines, Rhagovelia, Rhagovelia orientalis group, Veli- idae. Introduction Insects were examined with a Leica Wild M10 binocular microscope (max. 128x The Rhagovelia orientalis species group is magnification); parameres were studied with a monophyletic clade of the large circum- an Olympus BX40 compound microscope (sub-)tropical genus Rhagovelia MAYR 1865. (max. 400x magnification). Drawings were It was originally defined by POLHEMUS & made with the help of a camera lucida fixed POLHEMUS (1988), and slightly re-defined to these microscopes. by NIESER et al. (1997). Species of the R. orientalis group are known from Sulawesi Measurements: Variation is given for and Sangihe Island in Indonesia, and from body length and ratio of length : width of most major islands of the Philippines (ex- the metafemur and includes most of the type cept the Palawan region), the majority of specimens. Other measurements refer to the species (14 out of 20) occuring in the latter holotype or the allotype. Body length is country (NIESER et al. 1997). The Philip- measured from the apex of the head to the pine species of the R. orientalis group have tip of the proctiger (=) or connexival spines Y been revised by ZETTEL (1995), but a few ( ), respectively, and given in millimetres. undescribed species have been discovered Measurements for lengths of antennomeres since then (unpublished data). One of and leg segments are presented relative to them, a remarkable endemic species from antennomere 2 (= 1) and mesofemur (= 100), Cebu Island, is described in this study. respectively. Terminology follows mainly ZETTEL (1995). Material and Methods Material is referred to by citing the ori- Rhagovelia heissi nov.sp. ginal labels of the dry mounted and in alco- (Figs 1-11) hol preserved specimens. Each single label is Type material: Holotypus (apterous =, in Museum separated by square brackets; the backslash of Natural History, University of the Philippines, sign \ indicates the break of a line. Los Baños) and allotype (apterous Y, in Museum Denisia 19, zugleich Kataloge 1 This article is dedicated to Ernst Heiss on the occasion of his 70th birthday. der OÖ. Landesmuseen Neue Serie 50 (2006), 737–742 737 © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at 1 2 Figs 1-2: Habitus of apterous male (1) and female (2) of Rhagovelia heissi nov.sp. of Natural History, University of the Philippines, TAD0363]; 1Y (apterous) [Kawasan R.\ Badian Los Baños), labeled [PHILIPPINEN: Cebu, S Ba- 2-23-03\ Bongo J.]; 2==, 2YY (apterous) [4-28- dian/ Matutinao, Kawasan Falls/ 2-50m, 29.- 02\ Kawasan, Cebu\ Coll. Bendanillo]; 2==, 30.11.1996/ leg. H. Zettel (112)]; Paratypes (in 2YY (apterous) [Kawasan R. B.\ Cebu 11-13- Natural History Museum Vienna; Museum of Na- 03\ Bendanillo]; 4==, 2YY [Kawasan, Matuti- tural History, University of the Philippines, Los nao River, K.L. Yeo, 30. Jul. 2003]; 10==, 33YY Baños; University of San Carlos, Cebu City; Zoo- (apterous), 1Y (macropterous) [Philippines, Ce- logical Museum, Amsterdam; Zoological Referen- bu, Lusaran\ river, coll. Tran A.D., 09 Nov\ ce Collection, National University of Singapore; 2003. TAD0361]; 4==, 3YY (apterous), 2YY Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (macropterous) [Philippines, Cebu, Lusaran\ ri- France; Hungarian Natural History Museum, Bu- ver, downstream, coll. Tran\ A.D. 09 Nov 2003. dapest, Hungary; Oberösterreichisches Landesmu- TAD0362]; 30==, 85YY (apterous), 1=, 4YY seum, Linz, Austria, Coll. Ernst Heiss, Innsbruck): (macropterous) [Philippinen: Cebu, NNW\ Ce- 23==, 22YY (apterous), 1=, 2YY (macropte- bu City, Lusaran, Lu-\ saran River, 9.11.2003\ rous, 1Y dealate), same label data as holotype; leg. H. Zettel (350)]; 4==, 2YY (apterous) [Lu- 6==, 14YY (apterous) [Philippinen: Cebu, S saran River\ Cebu 11-9-03\ F. Bendanillo]; 1Y Badian\ Matutinao, Kawasan Falls\ 2-50 m, 23.- (apterous) [11-9-03 Lusaran\ River, Cebu\ Ben- 24.2.1997\ leg. H. Zettel (116)]; 2==, 1Y [Phi- danillo]; 30==, 13YY (apterous) [PHILIPPI- lippinen: Cebu, S Badian\ Matutinao, Kawasan NEN: Cebu\ Barili, Paradise Valley\ 50m, Falls\ 1-30m, 11.11.2003\ leg. H. Zettel (352a)]; 1.12.1996\ leg. H. Zettel (113)] (NHMW, UPLB, 8==, 7YY (apterous) [Philippinen: Cebu,S Ba- USC); 1=, 2YY (apterous), 1=, 1Y (macropte- dian\ Matutinao, Kawasan Falls\ 20-50m, rous) [PHILIPPINEN: Cebu\ SE Moalboal, Bala- 12.11.2003\ leg. H. Zettel (352d)]; 12==, bagon\ 2.12.1996\ leg. H. Zettel (115)]; 8==, 12YY (apterous) [Philippines, Cebu, Kawasan\ 10YY (apterous) [Philippinen: Cebu\ Mala- river, coll. Tran A.D., 11-12\ Nov 2003. buyog, Monteneza\ 0-10 m, 13.11.2003\ leg. H. 738 © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at == YY YY Zettel (353)]; 4 , 10 (apterous), 2 Colour: body mainly black; juga and ros- Figs 3-9: Rhagovelia heissi nov.sp.: (macropterous) [Philippines, Cebu,\ Montaneza, trum yellowish brown; pronotum anterio- (3) left paramere, lateral aspect; km 168+400 from\ Cebu City, coll. Tran A.D., medially with narrow pruinose stripe; basal (4) antenna; (5) metafemur of apterous 13\ Nov 2003. TAD0366]; 1=, 5YY (apterous), two-fifths of antennomere 1, all acetabula, male; (6) terminal abdomen of male, 1= (macropterous) [Philippinen: Cebu\ Mala- ventral aspect; (7) abdomen of apterous pro- and metacoxa, pro- and meta- female, dorsal aspect; (8) abdomen of buyog, Monteneza\ 0-10 m, 13.11.2003\ leg. trochanter, and basal ca. two-fifths of profe- apterous female, lateral aspect; Pangantihon (P353)]; 3==, 7YY (apterous) [11- mur yellow; distal parts of legs with blue- (9) forewing. 13-03 - Mainit\ River Malabuyoc\ Cebu Benda- green shimmer. nillo]; 3==, 1Y (apterous), 1= (macropterous) [Philippines: Cebu, Argao\ Simala, first large ri- Pilosity: body with short grey appressed ver\ N of town, 6.12.2005\ leg. H. Zettel (439)]; hair layer and with posteriad directed, long, 5==, 13YY [Philippines: Cebu, Boljoon\ Po- greyish to slightly yellowish pilosity, this blacion, river,\ 13.11.2005, leg.\ C. Pangantihon relatively except a narrow stripe medially; == YY == (P196)]; 67 , 122 (apterous), 3 (ma- relative lengths of leg segments (relative to cropterous) [Philippines: Cebu, Boljoon\ (Pobl.), mesofemur dense compared with most other river at Lusapon\ Bridge, freshwater, 5.12.\ 2005, species of the group; ventral surface without leg. H. Zettel (437)]. black spiculae; antennomeres 1 and 2, femo- Description of apterous male: body ra, and tibiae with several long black setae. length 2.8-2.9 mm (holotype: 2.9 mm); length of second antennomere 0.41 mm; Structural characteristics: juga not flat- length of mesofemur 1.51 mm; body rela- tened, shining, without spiculae; proepister- tively slender (Fig. 1). na without spiculae; relative lengths of an- 739 © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at fifth tergite 2.9 times as wide as long; sev- enth tergite 2.0 times as long as sixth and 1.25 times as long as wide at posterior mar- gin; sternites without median carina; medial areas of sternites 5-7 (Fig. 6) medially flat, with somewhat longer yellowish pilosity at median line; sternite 7 with tuft of longer, brownish, erect setae anteromedially. Genital segments: small and weakly mo- dified; segment 8 small, subcylindrical, with short and weak ventrobasal median carina; pygophore subovate; proctiger with well de- veloped lateral lobes, sclerotized part slight- ly longer than wide; paramere (Fig. 3) small, relatively stout, strongly curved dorsad, lat- eral surface with brush of long setae in basal half, apex narrowly rounded. Description of apterous female: body length 2.9-3.1 mm (allotype: 3.0 mm); body relatively slender (Fig. 2); colour similar as in male, but yellow colour on antennomere 1 and on profemur usually more extended, approximately until middle of length, rarely as short as in male; pilosity on head and tho- rax similar as in males, strongly reduced on tergites and laterotergites; most structural characteristics as in male; hind leg less in- crassate and with reduced armature: metafe- mur 4.7-5.6 times as long as wide (5.1 in al- lotype), distal row consisting of 4-8 teeth (in allotype 6 and 7 on left and right metafe- mur, respectively), first tooth much longer than following teeth; metatibia straight, on inner side only distally with few teeth-like Fig. 10: Map of Cebu Province tennomeres 1 : 4 as 1.9 : 1.0 : 1.1 : 1.1 (Fig. projections. with distribution of Rhagovelia 4); pronotum long, medially 2.9 times as heissi nov.sp. Abdomen strongly modified (Figs 7, 8); long as eye, covering mesonotum = 100): connexival margins distinctly converging, profemur 60, protibia 64, protarsus 1+1+15, slightly S-curved, nearly parallel at segment mesofemur 100, mesotibia 80, mesotarsus 7 (Fig. 7); tergite 1 with rich pilosity, espe- 4+34+43, metafemur 81, metatibia 90, cially at tumescent sides, tergite 2 with some metatarsus 2+5+20; metafemur relatively pilosity medially; tergite 3 without or with slender, 3.9-4.6 times (in holotype 4.3 very few hairs; tergites 4-6 bare; tergite 7 times) as long
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