Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae)
Author
Lecci, Lucas Silveira
Author
Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto
text
Zootaxa
2011
2792
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.276976
bbdd2b7a-3aa0-4248-bfee-9172b3d7e949
1175-5326
276976
Gripopteryx clemira
n. sp.
(
Fig. 9
)
Type
material.
Holotype
, male,
BRAZIL
,
Bahia
, Camacan, Reserva Serra Bonita (
15°23’02”S
/
39°34’00”W
,
806 m
a.s.l.),
04.viii.2008
, light trap, Calor, A.R., Lecci, L.S., Pinho, L.C. and Moretto, R.A.
Paratypes
.
1 female
: same data as
holotype
;
1 male
: same data as
holotype
except for:
05.xi.2009
, light trap, Calor, A.R.
et al.
Diagnostic characters.
This new species differs from the congeners by males having a broad paraproct that is concave medially; the male epiproct is short, scythe–shaped, with sharp apex; female paraprocts have a triangular apex.
Description.
General color brownish. Parietalia brown; brownish band along the border of the eyes; scape and pedicel of antennae brown, flagellum brownish. Epicranial line brownish (
Fig 9
a). Pronotum brownish, margins and rugosities darker (
Fig. 9
a). Meso– and metanotum brown, pleurae brownish. Legs: femora brownish; base of tibia with a brown band, the rest light brown, tarsus light brown. Forewing with a few spots, venation brown. A pterostigmatic crossvein present.
Male
. Abdominal segments sclerotized. Sternum 9 forms a short, elliptical subgenital plate (
Fig. 9
d). Posterior portion of abdominal tergum 10 triangular, the apex rounded and curved ventrally (
Fig. 9
b). Paraprocts broad and concave internally (
Fig. 9
b and 9c); epiproct short, scythe–shaped, with pointed apex and a row of apical denticles (
Fig. 9
e). Basis of cerci brown. Width of head,
1.6 mm
; length of forewing,
12.8 mm
; antennae and cerci damaged.
Female
. Abdominal segments sclerotized. Sternum 8 of abdomen with a broad subgenital plate and a deep median notch (
Fig. 9
f). Paraprocts simple with triangular apex (
Fig. 9
f). Sternum 9 fully sclerotized. Bases of cerci brown. Width of head,
1.9 mm
; length of forewing
13.3 mm
; antennae broken; number of cercomeres, 18.
Remarks.
Gripopteryx clemira
n. sp.
is a medium–sized species. The male paraprocts of
G. clemira
are concave as in
G. p i n i m a
, but those of
G. c l e m i r a
are much broader; the subgenital plate is elliptical and rounded, while that of
G. pinima
have a small apical notch. The epiproct of
G. clemira
n. sp.
is short, scythe–shaped.
Etymology.
The species is named in honor of
Clemira
Ordonez Souza, founder of Uiraçu Institute, a non–governmental organization that preserves Reserva Serra Bonita. The name is a noun in apposition.