Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Maranhão State, Northeast Region, Brazil: A new species, checklist, and new geographical records
Author
Desidério, Gleison Robson
Author
Barcelos-Silva, Patrik
Author
De Souza, Wagner Rafael M.
Author
Pes, Ana Maria
Author
De Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto S.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4221
2
151
171
journal article
37303
10.5281/zenodo.248618
db4accb2-beaf-47ca-9529-e488c981aa12
1175-5326
248618
823B8A4C-46FB-4695-A5E2-AAD176E1562E
Blepharopus diaphanus
Kolenati 1859
Material
examined
.
BRAZIL
:
Maranhão
:
Caxias
,
Fazenda Pé da Serra
,
Rio Itapecuru
,
05°07'49.5"S
,
43°33'0.40"W
,
60 m
a.s.l.
,
2 females
,
05–07.vii.2014
,
D. Sousa
,
G.R. Desidério
,
S.R.S. Nascimento
legs., white sheet with mixed light (
CZMA
).
Known distribution
. ARGENTINA,
BRASIL
(
Acre
, Amazonas,
Bahia
,
Espírito Santo
,
Minas Gerais
,
Mato Grosso
,
Rio de Janeiro
,
Pernambuco
,
Paraná
,
Roraima
,
Santa Catarina
,
São Paulo
)
, VENEZUELA.
Remarks
. This species is widely distributed in
Brazil
and in the Northeast Region, having been recorded previously from
Bahia
and
Pernambuco
states. In this study the known distribution is extended and provides the first record for the state of
Maranhão
[Caxias municipality].