Smicridea (Smicridea) sattleri Denning & Sykora 1968

Rocha, Isabela Cristina, Dumas, Leandro Lourenço & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2016, Three new species and a new record of Smicridea McLachlan 1871 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Zootaxa 4107 (3), pp. 423-430 : 429

Smicridea (Smicridea) sattleri Denning & Sykora 1968

( Figure 3 in Denning & Sykora 1968)

Remarks. Smicridea (S.) sattleri can be easily distinguished from others species of S. ( Smicridea ) by the presence of paired crescent-shaped and single Y-shaped internal plates on the endothecal membrane of the phallic apparatus. This species was originally described from a waterfall on Iporanga beach, Guarujá municipality, São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. Herein, this species is reported for the first time from Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil (São Francisco river headwater at São Roque de Minas municipality).

Material examined. Brazil: Minas Gerais State: São Roque de Minas, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, nascente do Rio São Francisco, 20°14’37.2”S 46°26’47.2”W, el. 1364 m, 30.iii.2014, JL Nessimian, LL Dumas, ALH Oliveira & SP Gomes leg., 1 male ( DZRJ).

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FIGURE 3. Male genitalia of Smicridea (Smicridea) sepala sp. nov., holotype: A, left lateral; B, dorsal; C – D, phallus: C, left lateral; D, apex, ventral.