Gripopteryx garbei Navas 1936

Abstract

Gripopteryx garbei Navás, 1936 Gripopteryx garbei Navás, 1936, p. 731 Gripopteryx garbei — Jewett, 1960, p. 170. Jewettoperla garbei — Illies, 1963, p. 185. Paragripopteryx garbei — Illies, 1966, p. 45. Paragripopteryx garbei — Froehlich, 1969, p. 19. Gripopteryx garbei — Froehlich, 1990, p. 240. Gripopteryx garbei — Froehlich, 1993, p. 22. Gripopteryx garbei — Froehlich, 2010, p 132. Material examined (new records). BRAZIL, Bahia, Camacan, Reserva Serra Bonita: 1 male, 1 female, 08– 09.v. 2007, light trap, Rafael, J.A. & Xavier Filho, F.F.; Camacan, Reserva Serra Bonita (15 ° 23 ’02”S / 39 ° 34 ’ 10 ”W, 806m a.s.l.): 1 male, 2 females, viii. 2009, Malaise trap, Calor, A.R., Lecci, L.S., Pinho, L.C., Moretto, R.A. Diagnostic characters. General color ocher, length of forewing 8.5–9.3 mm in males and 9.4–11.6 mm in females; tergum 10 of male extends broadly backwards, with the apex broadly rounded to almost straight; apex of male paraprocts hooked, curved backwards; male epiproct with minute teeth (Froehlich 1990); mature nymphs 5–7 mm long; short spines on abdominal terga 1 to 9. Remarks. This is the first record of the genus in northeastern Brazil. The species has a wide distribution with records from Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo and Bahia States.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 page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27697