Taxonomic notes of subgenus Velia (Cesavelia) Kocak & Kemal, 2010 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) from China, with description of one new species.

ABSTRACT: Velia (Cesavelia) buisp. nov. from Hubei Province, China is described, and Velia (Cesavelia) tonkina Polhemus & Polhemus, 2003 is newly recorded from China. In addition, new distribution data for three species of Velia (Cesavelia), V.longiconnexiva Tran, Zettel & Buzzetti, 2009, V.sinensis Andersen, 1981 and V.tonkina Polhemus & Polhemus, 2003 are provided. Photographs of the habitus in dorsal and lateral views, metafemora of males, genitalic structures and habitats, along with a distribution map of this subgenus, are provided.

SUBMITTER: Jin Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208237 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature