Tupiperla (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) from southwestern Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with the description of Tupiperla amorimi n. sp. Author Froehlich, Claudio G. text Zootaxa 2016 4103 2 174 176 journal article 45291 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.7 31b28940-fb6e-434a-94fc-7ff02fdb518a 1175-5326 255280 8834AC30-AC56-410D-8D0F-6946749183E7 Tupiperla gracilis (Burmeister) Semblis gracilis Burmeister 1839 : 876 . Tupiperla gracilis , Froehlich 2010 : 138 . Material . Brazil , Minas Gerais State, Cabo Verde , Fazenda da Cata, 598m , 21°27’11”S , 46°20’53”W , 1 male , 2 females , 23 September–15 October 2006 , Malaise trap in forest, Amorim, Ribeiro, Falaschi, Oliveira; 1 male , 2 females , 7–23 November 2006 , Malaise trap, Amorim, Falaschi, Ribeiro, Oliveira; 1 female , 24 November 2006 , Malaise trap in forest, Amorim, Ribeiro, Falaschi, Oliveira; 2 males , 15–19 June 2007 , at lights in forest; 2 females , 15–19 June 2007 , sweeping in forest, Amorim, Oliveira, Capellari; 2 females , 19 June–1 August 2007 , Malaise trap in forest, Amorim, Oliveira, Capellari; 1 female , 13 October–28 December 2007 , Malaise trap in forest, Amorim, Oliveira, Capellari. Minas Gerais State, Cabo Verde , Pedregal, 21°28'06"S , 46°24'13"W , 920m , 1 male , 2–5 November 2006 , at lights, Amorim, Falaschi, Oliveira. Remarks . This was one of the first three stonefly species described from Brazil by Burmeister (1839) , the other two being Perla polita and P. dilaticollis , now in placed in Anacroneuria ( Froehlich 2010 ) . Tupiperla gracilis is known from the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and is locally common.