Classification
Tree [regio]Heteroptera [subordo]
Veliidae [familia]
Rhagoveliinae [subfamilia]
Rhagovelia [genus]
Rhagovelia [subgenus]
Rhagovelia (Rhagovelia) nigricans [species]
Rhagovelia (Rhagovelia) nigricans (Burmeister, 1835) contains the following taxa:
Rhagovelia (Rhagovelia) nigricans maderensis Poisson, 1959 [subspecies]
Rhagovelia (Rhagovelia) nigricans nigricans (Burmeister, 1835) [subspecies]