REVUE SUISSE DE ZOOLOGIE 

 Tome 79, fasc. 2, n" 29, 903-905. — Septembre 1972 



903 



Notes on veliids from Venezuela, 

 with the description of a new 

 Microvelia (Hemiptera) 



By 



John T. POLHEMUS 



3115 S. York, Englewood, Colo., USA 80110 



With 1 figure 



Abstract 



A small sample of veliids from the Cueva Alfredo Jahn Miranda, Venezuela, 

 contained Rhagovelia sinuata Gould and Microvelia cavemula n. sp. 



Through the kindness of Dr. Bernd Hauser of the Muséum of Natural History 

 of Geneva I have been permitted to study a small collection of veliids from the 

 Cueva Alfredo Jahn Miranda in Venezuela. 



This collection contained two species of veliids including a new Microvelia 

 described below. 



I am indebted to Dr. R. C. Froeschner for furnishing information concerning 

 material held in the Drake Collection of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 For all measurements given in units, 60 units equals 1 mm. 



Rhagovelia sinuata Gould 



Rhagovelia sinuata Gould 1931. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bull. 20: 42 (type locality, 

 Ecuador). 



Bacon (1956) listed this species from Ecuador and Peru, but recently I have 



