Two new species of Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from southern Brazil
Author
De, Valdelânia R.
Author
Froehlich, Claudio G.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1624
53
57
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.179257
7f49d0ac-4468-4e40-9ba2-04ea99740d92
1175-5326
179257
Anacroneuria fiorentini
De Ribeiro & Froehlich
,
sp. n.
(
Figs. 1–5
)
Diagnosis.
Frons mostly yellowish with a brown spot on each side extending from M–line to scars; lappets brown (
Fig. 1
). Parietalia light brown at sides, lighter medially. Antennae and palpi light brown. Pronotum dark brown with a light median stripe. Legs brown, bases of femora lighter. Wing membrane and veins light brown but C and Sc paler. Cerci light brown basally, then bicolored.
Male
. Forewing length,
9.6–9.9 mm
. In dorsal view, keel well visible, with parallel sides before diverging distally (
Fig. 2
). In side view, the dorsal surface of the penial armature presents a marked depression in front of the keel, ventral vesicles present, small (
Fig 3
). Hooks normal, with pointed tips. Hammer a short truncate cone (
Fig. 4
).
FIGURES 1–5.
Anacroneuria fiorentini
. 1–4, male; 1, head and pronotum; 2–3, penial armature, dorsal and lateral; 4,
Female
. Forewing length, 12.6–13.0 mm. Subgenital plate with four subequal lobes. Median notch deeper than lateral ones. Distal margin of sternum nine straight, field of hairs V–shaped (
Fig. 5
).
Type
Material.
Holotype
, male:
BRAZIL
, Rio Grande do Sul,
Caraá
, Rio dos Sinos (
29º42’53”S
50º17’ 19”W
), 0
4. XII. 2002
.
Paratypes
:
1 male
,
2 females
, same data as
holotype
;
1 male
, same data but
29º43'32”S
50º16’57”W
.
Distribution.
Northeastern Rio Grande do Sul State,
Brazil
.
Etymology
. The name honors Gelson Luiz Fiorentin for his contribution to the knowledge of aquatic insects in Rio Grande do Sul State.
Remarks
. The head pattern of
A. fiorentini
is distinctive, being most similar to that of
A. oculatila
Jewett (1959)
, known from Nova Teutonia, Santa Catarina,
Brazil
and from Misiones,
Argentina
(
Froehlich 2002
). However, in
A. oculatila
, the lighter central frons is enclosed by dark pigment and, in the male, the penis is very different, without a dorsal depression, with a V-shaped keel and a downsloping apex. The penial armature of
A. fiorentini
has some resemblance to that of
A. minuta
Klapálek (1922)
, a species from northern
Brazil
, especially in the deep depression in front of the keel, but in
A. minuta
it is deeper, and the apex is broader. In the female,
A. minuta
has paired patches of hairs in sternum nine.