Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) ephippifer Flint 1978

Gibon, François-Marie & Sganga, Julieta V., 2019, The genera Smicridea McLachlan and Chimarra Stephens in French Guiana (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae, Philopotamidae), Zootaxa 4604 (1), pp. 183-190 : 188

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.1.8

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23923191-4D90-4BBA-8669-2354791EB3F6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5684880

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) ephippifer Flint 1978
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Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) ephippifer Flint 1978

Described from Brazil and previously reported from French Guiana (Maroni near Saint-Laurent [ Oláh & Johanson 2012]), this species apparently inhabits large rivers.

Examined material. FRENCH GUIANA— 1 male (on slide), Comté River near Cacao, 4°33’7.38’’N, 52°29’52.88’’W, 19 m a.s.l., 21.ix.2010, F.-M. Gibon & B. de Mérona leg. (CBGP); 7 males (1 on slide, 6 in alcohol), Sinnamary River near Saut Dalles, 4°24’17.17’’N, 52°53’36.10’’W, 78 m a.s.l., 3.xi.2009, B. de Mérona leg. ( CBGP) GoogleMaps .

Flint, O. S. (1978) Studies of Neotropical Caddisflies, XXII: Hydropsychidae of the Amazon Basin (Trichoptera). Amazoniana, 6, 373 - 421.

Olah, J. & Johanson, K. A. (2012) New species and records of Neotropical Macronematinae and Smicrideinae (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 104, 215 - 297.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Trichoptera

Family

Hydropsychidae

SubFamily

Smicrideinae

Genus

Smicridea