Climacia carpenteri Parfin and Gurney, 1956

Bowles, David E., 2015, New distributional records for Neotropical spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (400), pp. 1-7 : 2

Climacia carpenteri Parfin and Gurney, 1956

This species previously was reported from Brazil, and Paraguay ( Parfin and Gurney 1956; Flint 1998, 2006; Monserrat 2005). González Olazo (1983) published a new distributional record for C. carpenteri Parfin and Gurney from Argentina, but Monserrat (2005) showed this record was a misidentification of Climacia versicolor Flint. The discovery of this species in Uruguay represents a new country record. Flint (1998) reported on C. carpenteri collected from Departamento Conceptión, Paraguay. I examined 20 additional specimens from Paraguay collected by the same collector (J. A. Kochalka) from which Flint reported records. Flint’s records were from specimens taken August through December. Some of the specimens I examined were collected during July. C. carpenteri appears to be the most widely distributed of the Neoptropical species of Climacia .

PARAGUAY: [Concepción Dept. ], Concepción, 19–21.vii.1989, 1 male ( FSCA) ; same, but 8–16.viii.1989, J. Kochalka, UV-light trap, 1 male ( FSCA) ; same, but 17–19.vii.1989, 4 males, 2 females ( FSCA) ; same, but 2–3.x.1989, 7 males, 4 females ( FSCA) ; same, but 18–21.x.1989, 1 male ( FSCA) . URUGUAY: Soriano, [Rincon del] Arroyo Cololo , 15.i.1962, Carbonell, 5 males, 1 female (in alcohol) ( FSCA) ; same, but “ Segundo ”, C.S.C., M.A. M., C. S.M., 43 males, 15 females (in alcohol) ( FSCA) .