Paravelia intervalensis, Joaquim & Rodrigues & Moreira & Dumas, 2025

Paravelia intervalensis sp. nov.

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Type material.

Holotype. Brazil – São Paulo • Iporanga, Parque Estadual Intervales , poça de chuva na trilha; 24°16'29.6"S, 48°24'54.4"W; 23.XI.2023; L. L. Dumas, J. M. S. Rodrigues & R. P. R. Canejo leg.; macropterous ♂, CEIOC 83571 GoogleMaps . Paratypes. Same data as holotype; 17 macropterous ♂, 12 macropterous ♀, CEIOC 83572 GoogleMaps .

Macropterous male.

(Figs 2 View Figure 2 , 3 View Figure 3 ) BL 5.12–5.18; HL 0.50–0.57; HW 0.95–1.00; ANT I 0.59–0.60; ANT II 0.59–0.60; ANT III 0.65–0.68; ANT IV 0.74–0.77; EYE 0.20–0.23; PL 1.80–1.85; PW 1.85–1.90; FORELEG, FEM 1.28–1.34; TIB 1.25–1.31; TAR I 0.07–0.10; TAR II 0.24–0.26; TAR III 0.38–0.41; MIDLEG, FEM 1.55–1.68; TIB 1.55–1.60; TAR I 0.08–0.12; TAR II 0.58; TAR III 0.52–0.56; HINDLEG, FEM 1.96–2.03; TIB 2.28–2.36; TAR I 0.08–0.15; TAR II 0.38–0.45; TAR III 0.45–0.55.

General color dark brown to black. Head black. Antenna brown to dark brown; antennomeres I – II brown, with base and apex dark brown. Labium with two basal articles brown; article III yellow laterally, brown medially; distal segment blackish. Pronotum black. Thoracic sterna black. Acetabula dark brown laterally; yellowish-brown mesally. Forewing black, with an elongated yellow macula reaching humeral angle and slightly surpassing posterior margin of pronotum; at apex, a small diamond-shaped white macula, smaller than basal macula (Fig. 2 A View Figure 2 ); veins whitish. Coxae brown, with yellow marks. Trochanters yellow. Femora dark brown, with yellow mark at base of ventral surface; fore femur with yellowish mark at middle of dorsal surface. Tibiae brown, with yellow mark at apex. Tarsi dark brown. Abdominal laterotergites light brown mesally, dark brown laterally; intersegmental areas with yellowish marks. Venter of abdomen, dark brown; terminalia lighter.

Head covered by fine golden pubescence intermixed with elongate black and golden setae; dorsal midline impressed, shiny, posteriorly with pair of oblique, impressed, shiny lines and pair of indentations near mesal eye margins. Buccula and jugum without black denticles. Ocular setae present. Antenniferous tubercle developed, shiny. Antenna covered by golden pubescence and elongate golden setae scattered on segments II – IV; antennomere I robust, curved laterally; II thicker than III – IV.

Pronotum subpentagonal, covered by fine golden pubescence intermixed with elongate black setae; anterior lobe with row of rounded punctations adjacent to anterior margin; posterior lobe covered by rounded punctations, these larger towards apex; humeral angle slightly elevated; posterior angle slightly tapered, apex rounded (Fig. 2 C, D View Figure 2 ). Forewings leaving apex of abdominal segment VII exposed, with four closed cells; veins on basal half with small golden setae. Proepimeron with rounded punctations. Meso- and metapleura with scattered rounded punctations. Prosternum with a row of four rounded punctations anteriorly. Meso- and metasterna with two pairs of small tubercles meeting centrally at intersegmental region. Legs densely covered by short, appressed, pale setae and elongate, brownish setae. Hind femur without spines.

Abdominal laterotergites covered by golden pubescence; elevated, without black denticles; last produced posteriorly. Abdominal sterna covered by fine golden pubescence and elongate dark brown setae; the latter concentrated on lateral margins; II compressed laterally and bearing weak longitudinal carina anteriorly; VII without projections or nodules (Fig. 2 C View Figure 2 ); posterior margin evenly concave, with robust black denticles posterolaterally. Abdominal segment VIII with fine, golden pubescence on apical 2 / 3 intermixed with elongate, dark-brown setae dorsolaterally (Fig. 3 A, B View Figure 3 ). Proctiger with elongate golden setae on apical half, without spines (Fig. 3 C View Figure 3 ). Paramere (Fig. 3 D, E View Figure 3 ), in lateral view, notched on dorsal surface, sinuous, with elongate golden setae and rounded apex (Fig. 3 D View Figure 3 ).

Macropterous female.

(Fig. 4 View Figure 4 ) BL 5.37–5.44; HL 0.60–0.66; HW 1.08–1.15; ANT I 0.54–0.60; ANT II 0.60–0.66; ANT III 0.72–0.80; ANT IV 0.80–0.86; EYE 0.20–0.28; PL 1.85–2.00; PW 1.87–1.94; FORELEG, FEM 1.25–1.28; TIB 1.25–1, 29; TAR I 0.07–0.10; TAR II 0.20–0.25; TAR III 0.38–0.42; MIDLEG, FEM 1.60–1.68; TIB 1.76–1.80; TAR I 0.07–0.10; TAR II 0.48–0.56; TAR III 0.48–0.50; HINDLEG, FEM 1.80–1.85; TIB 2.26–2.30; TAR I 0.06–0.08; TAR II 0.50–0.54; TAR III 0.48–0.52.

General color and structure as in brachypterous male. Body longer; forewings leaving posterior margin of abdominal mediotergite VI exposed; abdomen more robust, with laterotergites more elevated.

Etymology.

The new species is named after Parque Estadual Intervales, the type locality.

Discussion.

Paravelia intervalensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the following combination of features: BL ~ 5.1–5.5; head, thorax, and abdomen (except posterior margin of sternum VII) not covered by small black denticles; humeral angle not spinose (Figs 2 A, C View Figure 2 , 4 A View Figure 4 ); forewings without bubble-like structures, with a pair of elongated yellow maculae basally and a small diamond-shaped white macula apically (Figs 2 A, C View Figure 2 , 4 A View Figure 4 ); yellow maculae reaching humeral angles and white macula far from apex of forewings (Figs 2 A, C View Figure 2 , 4 A View Figure 4 ); venter of abdomen not covered by punctations (Figs 2 B, D View Figure 2 , 4 B View Figure 4 ); male abdominal sternum VII without projections or lobes (Fig. 2 D View Figure 2 ); male proctiger without conical process at base, without lateral projections approximately at middle of length (Fig. 3 C View Figure 3 ); and male paramere with a dorsal notch in lateral view (Fig. 3 D View Figure 3 ).

This species runs to couplet P. luederwaldti vs P. luisi Rodrigues & Moreira, 2022 in the key provided by Rodrigues and Moreira (2022). In P. luederwaldti , however, the apical macula of the forewings is elongate-oval and almost reaches the wing apex (Fig. 5 A View Figure 5 ), the male proctiger bears a conical process at base ( Rodrigues and Moreira 2016 a: fig. 21), and the paramere is not notched at the dorsal surface ( Rodrigues and Moreira 2016 a: fig. 21). In turn, P. luisi is lighter and more yellowish than the other two species ( Rodrigues and Moreira 2022: figs 1, 2); has shorter, more rounded, basal forewing maculae that do not surpass the apex of the pronotum ( Rodrigues and Moreira 2022: figs 1 A, 2 A, C); and bears lateral projections on the male proctiger ( Rodrigues and Moreira 2022: fig 3 C).