Triplectides flintorum Holzenthal, 1988

Henriques-Oliveira, Ana Lucia, Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, Takiya, Daniela Maeda & Santos, Allan Paulo Moreira, 2025, Hidden diversity of the long-horned caddisfly genus Triplectides Kolenati, 1859 (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) in Brazil revealed by DNA and morphology: new species descriptions and larval associations, Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 83, pp. 757-796 : 757-796

3.3. 2. Triplectides flintorum Holzenthal, 1988

Material examined.

BRAZIL • 1 ♂; Amazonas, Ipixuna, Rio Liberdade, Comunidade Santa Catarina ; 07º19′46″S 071º50′46″W; alt. 169 m; 10 May 2011; light trap; R. Cavichioli, C. C. Gonçalves, D. M. Takiya leg.; [DNA voucher ENT 2307]; DZRJ TRICHOPTERA 9246 .

Remarks.

Triplectides flintorum is known to occur in Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. In general, T. flintorum is quite similar to T. gracilis due to some features of male genitalia, but it differs by having a fork I present with a long petiole, and a straight mesal lobe of the inferior appendages, slightly tapered, with blunt apices. Here, T. flintorum is newly recorded for Brazil from the Amazonian Region.

Distribution.

Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.