title: Platyvelia
text: # Platyvelia
  
  Platyvelia is a genus of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. There are about nine described species in Platyvelia.
  
  ## Species
  
  These nine species belong to the genus Platyvelia:
  
  * Platyvelia alvaradana (Drake & Hottes, 1952)
  * Platyvelia annulipes (Champion, 1898)
  * Platyvelia beameri (Hungerford, 1929)
  * Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860)
  * Platyvelia egregia (Drake & Harris, 1935)
  * Platyvelia maritima (J. Polhemus & Manzano, 1992)
  * Platyvelia summersi (Drake, 1951)
  * Platyvelia verana (Drake & Hottes, 1952)
  * Platyvelia verdica (Drake, 1951)
  