Oiovelia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Gerromorpha
Superfamilia: Gerroidea

Familia: Veliidae
Subfamilia: Veliinae
Genus: Oiovelia
Species (4): O. brasiliensis – O. cunucunumana – O. johnpolhemi – O. machadoi – O. rivicola – O. spumicola
Name

Type-species: Oiovelia cunucunumana Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1952
Fixation: by original designation.

References

Drake, C.J. & Maldonaco-Capriles, J. 1952: Water-striders from Territorio Amazonas of Venezuela (Hemiptera: Hydrometridae, Veliidae) Great Basin Naturalist, 12 (1-4): 47–54.
Floriano, C.F.B. & Rodrigues, H.D.D. 2016. A new species of Oiovelia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae) from Mesoamerica, with an identification key to the genus. Zootaxa 4144(4): 584–592. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.4.8. Reference page.
Moreira, F.F.F., Nessimian, J.L., Rúdio, J.A. & Salles, F.F. 2010: New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) Journal of Natural History, 44 (45-48): 2761–2801.
Rodrigues, H.D.D.; De Melo. A.L.; Ferreira-Keppler, R.L. 2014: Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Oiovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54(1): 65-98. Biotaxa Reference page.
Rodrigues, H.D.D. & Moreira, F.F.F. 2016. A new species and new records of Oiovelia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae) from Brazil: IN Pinto et al., Living among dragons: A festschrift in honor to Dr. Angelo B. M. Machado on occasion of his 80th birthday. Zootaxa 4078(1): 153–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.14.Reference page.
Spangler, P.J. 1986: Two new species of water-striders of the genus Oiovelia from the Tepui Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela (Hemiptera: Veliidae) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 88 (3): 438–450.