Gripopteryx pardina Navas 1936

Abstract

Gripopteryx pardina Navás, 1936 Gripopteryx pardina Navás, 1936, p. 730. Gripopteryx pardina — Illies, 1963, p. 155. Synonym of G. cancellata. Gripopteryx pardina — Froehlich, 1993, p. 19. 23–24. Valid species. Gripopteryx pardina — Froehlich, 2010, p. 133. Valid species. Material examined. Holotype female. BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia. Diagnostic characters. General color brown, forewing 13 mm long (Navás 1936; Froehlich 1993); wings spotted; female subgenital plate with apical notch (Froehlich 1993); female sternum 9 membranous, apex of broadly rounded and bent down (Froehlich 1993). Remarks. Illies (1966) considered G. p a rd i n a as species inquirenda, but Froehlich (1993) redescribed it and considered it a valid species by its distinctive pattern of spots on the wings, by the high number of cercomeres for its size and by the shape of its subgenital plate.Published as part of Lecci, Lucas Silveira & Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto, 2011, Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2792 on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27697