A new species and notes on Perlidae (Plecoptera) from Paraná and Santa Catarina States, southern Brazil
Author
Novaes, Marcos Carneiro
Author
Bispo, Pitágoras Da Conceição
text
Zootaxa
2014
3765
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458
468
journal article
46397
10.11646/zootaxa.3765.5.4
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Anacroneuria debilis
(
Pictet, 1841
)
Figs. 1–5
.
Perla (Perla) debilis
Pictet, 1841
: 255
;
Anacroneuria debilis
,
Zwick, 1972
: 1155
;
Zwick, 1973
: 486
;
Froehlich, 2002
: 76
;
Baldin
et al
., 2013
: 392
.
Material examined.
BRAZIL
(BR), Santa Catarina (SC), Nova Teutonia:
12 males
,
xi.1980
, Fritz Plaumann (
DZUP
);
1 male
,
7.x.1955
(Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History—NMNH);
5 males
,
27 females
,
i.1975
(
NMNH
). Paraná (PR), Foz do Iguaçu, Cataratas:
1 female
,
8.iii.1968
, W. L. & J. G. Peters (
NMNH
).
Remarks.
The redescriptions and comments about this species can be found in the papers of
Zwick (1972
,
1973
),
Froehlich (2002)
and
Baldin
et al.
(2013)
. The adult males studied here have a forewing length of
11.1–12.1 mm
. The structure of the penial armature (
Figs. 3–5
) agrees with
Zwick (1972)
and
Baldin
et al.
(2013)
. However, in several of the above listed males, the penial armature is slightly smaller and has a stronger dorsal inclination apically. The penial differences at this time are accepted as variation occurring in
A. debilis
. However, study of additional material from different localities is needed to ascertain if cryptic species are involved.