Rhagovelia

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: Rhagoveliinae
Genus: Rhagovelia
Species: R. abalienata – R. aberrans – R. abra – R. abrupta – R. acapulcana – R. accedens – R. achna – R. acuminata – R. aeneipes – R. aestiva – R. africana – R. agilis – R. agra – R. aguaclara – R. ainsliei – R. aiuruoca – R. akrita – R. amazonensis – R. ambonensis – R. amnicus – R. andaman – R. anderseni – R. andranombyi – R. angulata – R. angustipes – R. antilleana – R. antioquiae – R. apuruaque – R. arcuata – R. armata – R. atrispina – R. aureospicata – R. australica – R. azulita – R. bacanensis – R. batantana – R. beangonyi – R. becki – R. bipennicillata – R. biroi – R. borneensis – R. brunae – R. brunipes – R. buesaquensis – R. cachipai – R. calcarea – R. calceola – R. cali – R. cardia – R. celebensis – R. cephala – R. ceylanica – R. chac – R. choreutes – R. christenseni – R. cimarrona – R. compacta – R. danpolhemi – R. deigmena – R. denticulata – R. diabolica – R. distincta – R. divisoensis – R. esakii – R. espriella – R. femorata – R. gastrotricha – R. grandis – R. grayi – R. hamdjahi – R. heissi – R. hovana – R. huila – R. hutchinsoni – R. imperatrix – R. incognita – R. inexpectata – R. kararao – R. karunaratnei – R. kawakamii – R. knighti – R. lorelinduana – R. lugubris – R. lundbladi – R. luzonica – R. madagascariensis – R. madari – R. madecassa – R. magdalena – R. manankazo – R. mangaratiba – R. mangle – R. manzanoi – R. marinduquensis – R. meikdelyi – R. melanopsis – R. milloti – R. minahasa – R. mindoroensis – R. minuta – R. minutissima – R. misoolana – R. narinensis – R. nicolai – R. nigra – R. nigranota – R. nigricans – R. novacalidonica – R. nuqui – R. obesa – R. obi – R. oporapa – R. orba – R. oriander – R. orientalis – R. origami – R. pacayana – R. pacifica – R. papuensis – R. pediformis – R. pexa – R. philippina – R. polymorpha – R. problematica – R. pruinosa – R. pseudotijuca – R. quilichaensis – R. raddai – R. rajana – R. ramphus – R. ranau – R. reuteri – R. rivale – R. rosarensis – R. rosensis – R. sabela – R. salawati – R. sallyae – R. samardaca – R. samarinda – R. sarawakensis – R. sculpturata – R. silau – R. simulata – R. sondaica – R. sooretama – R. spinosa – R. springerae – R. styx – R. suarezensis – R. sulawesiana – R. sumatrensis – R. tawau – R. tebakang – R. teresa – R. tesari – R. tibialis – R. tintipan – R. torquata – R. torreyana – R. transbintuni – R. trista – R. tsecuri – R. usingeri – R. vaniniae – R. varipes – R. vega – R. victoria – R. wallacei – R. yangae – R. zecai – …
Add (10): R. barbacoensis – R. carina – R. caunapi – R. jagua – R. mocoa – R. penta – R. santanderi – R. tricoma – R. tumaquensis – R. umbria –
Name

Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865
References

Mayr, G. 1865. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wuellerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Formicidae. Vienna. Reference page.
Drake, C.J. 1957: Two new species of Rhagovelias (Hemiptera: Veliidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 56(1): 47–49. Full article BHL. Reference page.
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Floriano, C.F.B. & Moreira, F.F.F. 2015. A new species of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4018(3): 437–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.3.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Moreira, F.F.F.; Barbosa, J.F. 2014: A new Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, with a key to species of the robusta group known from the country. Zootaxa 3790(4): 595–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.4.8 Reference page.
Magalhães, O.M., Moreira, F.F. & Galvão, C. 2016. A new species of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Pará State, with an updated key to Brazilian species of the robusta group. Zootaxa 4171(3): 586–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.3.12. Reference page.
Molano, F., Morales, I. & Moreira, F.F.F. 2018. Two new species and key to the salina group of the genus Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 4457(2): 305–314. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.6 Paywall Reference page.
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Moreira, F.F.F.; Ribeiro, J.R.I. 2009: Two new Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) and new records for twelve species in southeastern Brazil. Aquatic insects, 31(1): 45–61. DOI: 10.1080/01650420802444449
Motta, F.S.D., Moreira, F.F.F., Crumière, A.J.J., Santos, M.E. & Khila, A. 2018. A new species of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from French Guiana, with new records of Gerromorpha from the country. Zootaxa 4433(3): 520–530. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.3.7 Paywall Reference page.
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Padilla-Gil, D.N. 2009: Three new species of Rhagovelia in the R. armata group (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia. Aquatic Insects 33(3): 199–211. DOI: 10.1080/01650420902797993. Reference page.
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Zettel, H. 2003: Eine neue Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) mit "phoretischen Männchen" von der Insel Samar, Phillippinen. Linzer biologische Beiträge 35(2): 1141-1146. Full articleReference page.
Zettel, H. 2006: Eine neue Artengruppe der Gattung Rhagovelia Mayr 1865 aus Borneo (Heteroptera: Veliidae). Entomofauna 27(8): 105-116. Full article. Reference page.
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Zettel, H.; Bongo, J.P. 2006: Rhagovelia heissi nov. sp., a remarkable new species of the R. orientalis species group (Heteroptera, Veliidae) from Cebu Island, Philippines. In: Rabitsch, W. (ed.) Hug the bug – For love of true bugs. Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Ernst Heiss. Denisia, 19: 737–742. ISSN 1608-8700 ISBN 3854741618 ISBN 9783854741619 volume contents [not seen]
Zettel, H.; Tran, A.D. 2004: Two new species of Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Vietnam: first records of the R. papuensis group from south-eastern Asia. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147(2): 229-235. DOI: 10.1163/22119434-900000151. Reference page.

Rhagovelia is a genus of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. There are at least 390 described species in Rhagovelia.[1][2][3][4][5]

Evolution
Origins

The origins of the genus are among water striders of Veliidae family without propelling fans on their legs.
Evolution from water striders
Genes 'geisha' and 'mother-of-geisha'

The duplication of genes, called by researchers 'geisha' and 'mother-of-geisha', caused evolutionary creation of propelling fans on middle pair of water strider's legs which in its turn has made able for species in the genus to walk across more fast-flowing and turbulent streams.[6]
See also

List of Rhagovelia species

References

"Rhagovelia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
"Browse Rhagovelia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
"Rhagovelia". GBIF. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
"Rhagovelia Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
Emilia Santos M, Le Bouquin A, Crumiere A, Khila A (2017). "Taxon-restricted genes at the origin of a novel trait allowing access to a new environment". Science. 358(6361): 386–390. doi:10.1126/science.aan2748. PMID 29051384. Retrieved 30 June 2021.