A new species of Gripopterygidae (Insecta: Plecoptera) from Patagonia: Antarctoperla aonikenk sp. n.
Author
Vera, Alejandro
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-09-04
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5339.6.7
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5339.6.7
1175-5326
8313801
C0114F0A-DCB0-4D40-8C18-AF529543862D
Antarctoperla altera
Zwick, 1973
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
Plecoptera
.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6758
(Male,
Figs. 12–14
; Female,
Figs. 21–22
)
Specimens
New locality records and material examined.
Chile
:
Región de Aysén
, Comuna Río Cisnes, El Sauce,
43°59’S
72°31’W
,
Sep. 27 2012
, leg. U. Aránguiz (
1 female
); Comuna Río Ibáñez, camino a exploradores,
46°26’S
73°12’W
,
Oct. 31 2012
, leg. P. Solis (
2 males
,
1 female
).
Región de Magallanes
, Comuna Natales, Puerto Edén, Wick, col. A. Zúñiga (
1 female
); Seno obstrucción,
52°09’S
72°29’W
,
Oct. 19 2017
, col. C. Hernandez (
2 female
).
Comments.
Only
two specimens
have been previously documented in the literature (
Illies 1963
). The larvae are described in a taxonomic key, without indicating the locality (
McLellan & Zwick, 2007
). The new records presented extend the distribution of the species by approximately 9° latitude.