Atopsyche (Atopsyche) parauna Santos & Holzenthal 2012

Gomes, Victor & Calor, Adolfo Ricardo, 2016, Taxonomy of Atopsyche Banks (Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae) from Brazil: New species, distributional notes and identification key, Zootaxa 4139 (1), pp. 51-75 : 59

Atopsyche (Atopsyche) parauna Santos & Holzenthal 2012

Atopsyche (Atopsyche) parauna Santos & Holzenthal 2012 , 69 (Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Rio Paraúna , 3 km Santana do Riacho, 19º10.986’S, 43º43.485’W, el. 650 m; holotype depository: MZSP; male).

Diagnosis. This species belongs to the Atopsyche (Atopsyche) tripunctata Group. It resembles A. jaba Blahnik & Gottschalk 1997 , described from Costa Rica, in the following characters: The apicomesal processes of the first article of each inferior appendage are similar in shape and the “beaks” of the phallotheca are each divided into two long, paired processes posteriorly ( Santos & Holzenthal 2012). Atopsyche parauna resembles A. urumarca Schmid 1989 in the second article of each inferior appendage being slightly arched; however this species can be distinguished from A. urumarca by the divided shape of the “beaks” of A. parauna . This species can be recognized also by the broad parapods, each with a serrate dorsolateral margin and a midlateral spinous projection; the short and slightly hooked second article of each inferior appendage; and the phallotheca is posteriorly divided into two long paired processes, with the dorsal one bifurcate apically and the ventral one curved mesad, dorsal view ( Santos & Holzenthal 2012).

Description. See Santos & Holzenthal (2012).

Material examined. None.

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais).