Kempnyia obtusa Klapálek

Froehlich, Claudio G., 2011, Kempnyia (Plecoptera) from the Mantiqueira Mountains of Brazil, Zootaxa 2999, pp. 20-32 : 22-23

Kempnyia obtusa Klapálek

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Kempnyia obtusa Klapálek 1916: 51 . ― Jewett 1960: 177. ― Zwick 1972: 1171. ― Froehlich 1988: 153.— Froehlich 2010: 181.

Material examined. BR, SP, Campos do Jordão, PECJ, Córrego Galharada, 3 m, 18/XII/1984, CGF; 1 m, 10/XI/ 1985, CGF, LGO; 1 m, 11/XI/1985, YAT; 2 m, 07–09/I/1986, CGF, LGO; 4 m, 06/II/1986, CGF; 2 m, 30/X/1986, CGF; 1 f, 01/XI/1986, CGF; 1 m +ex., 05/XI/1986, YAT, CGF; 2 m, 25/XI/1986, CGF; 5 m, 21–22/XII/1986, CGF, MGim; 2 m, XII/1986 – I/1987, YAT; 1 f, 22/I/1987, CGF, JF; 1 m, 1 f, 17/XI/1987, CGF, LGO, MJNF, GMC; 6 m, 19–20/XI/1987, CGF, LGO, MJNF, GMC; 6 m, 2 f, 14–16/XII/1987, CGF, LGO; 1 m, 20/XII/1987, YAT; 1 m, 05/ XI/2001, CGF, VRR, MTS, FOGF; 2 m, 03/XI/2005, MRS; 1 m, 10/I/2006, MRS, 6 m, 20/XI/2007, LSL, RM, LCP. Córrego Campo do Meio, 1 m, 11/XI/1999, CGF, AAFG, VRR, PSFP. Córrego Canhambora, 1 m, 04/X/2005, MRS; 7 m, 1 f, 13/I/2006, MRS. Ribeirão Casquilho, 1 m, 07/I/1986, CGF, LGO; 1 f, 26/XI/1986, CGF; 2 m, 21/I/ 1987, CGF; 2 m, 18/XI/1987, CGF, LGO, MJNF, GMC; 5 m, 06/XI/2001, CGF, VRR, MTS, FOGF. Córrego Serrote, 2 m, 01/II/2006, MRS. Road to Pico dos Marins (Marins Peak, on the border between Minas Gerais and São Paulo States, at 22°30’S, 45°07’W), 2 m, 20/I/2006, F.O.Roque, ARC, LCP.

Remarks. The species is known from southeastern Brazil ( Froehlich 1988) and is common in Campos do Jordão, with 64 specimens collected. It was flying from October to February, but 70% of specimens were collected

Figures

FIGURE 1 – 3. Fig. 1. Kempnyia gracilenta Enderlein: head (specimen from Eugênio Lefèvre); Fig. 2. Kempnyia jatim Froehlich: male, sternum 9; Fig. 3. Kempnyia obtusa Klapálek: head and pronotum. [Scale bar: Fig. 1, 1.0 mm; Fig. 2, 0.6 mm; Fig. 3, 1.3 mm]