Kempnyia neotropica Jacobson and Bianchi 1905

Abstract

Kempnyia neotropica (Jacobson and Bianchi, 1905) Figs. 31–37. Perla (Perla) obscura Pictet, 1841: 28; Perla neotropica Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905: 617; Macrogynoplax aterrima Klapálek 1916: 73; Kempnyia neotropica, Zwick, 1972: 1168; Bispo & Froehlich, 2004 b: 107; Bispo & Froehlich, 2008: 62. Material examined: BR, PR, Morretes: 2 males, 1 female, 11.i. 2012, M. C. Novaes & M. P. B. Bertolucci. Remarks. The above males have a forewing length of 10.1 –11.0 mm and the female of 15.5 mm. The head is pale laterally (Fig. 31) and the wings are milky, resembling K. petersorum (Froehlich, 1996) and differing from the common color pattern of K. neotropica. The subgenital plates of the male (Fig. 32) and female (Fig. 37) and the penial armature (Figs. 33–35), agree with the concept of K. neotropica as presented by Bispo & Froehlich (2008). Therefore, at this time, we accept the above noted differences as variation exhibited by K. neotropica. Further studies, especially molecular analyses of specimens from different localities are required to determine if cryptic species are present.Published as part of Novaes, Marcos Carneiro & Bispo, Pitágoras Da Conceição, 2014, A new species and notes on Perlidae (Plecoptera) from Paraná and Santa Catarina States, southern Brazil, pp. 458-468 in Zootaxa 3765 (5) on page 464, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/22467