Atopsyche (Atopsyche) rinconi Holzenthal & Cressa 2002

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 : 60-61

Atopsyche (Atopsyche) rinconi Holzenthal & Cressa 2002

Atopsyche (Atopsyche) rinconi Holzenthal & Cressa 2002 , 138 (Type locality: Venezuela, Rio Cocolllar [sic]; 1.5 km SE Las Piedras de Cocollar, 10°09.617”N, 63°47.605”W, el. 810 m, 7–8.iv.1995, Holzenthal & Flint; holotype depository: NMNH; male).

Diagnosis. This species belongs in the Atopsyche (Atopsyche) tripunctata Group and is most similar to A. chirihuana and A. erigia , especially in the wide second article of each inferior appendage, the long filipods, and the broad phallotheca in lateral view. Segment IX is most similar to that of A. chirihuana by the sinuous anterolateral margin, however segment IX is slightly shorter longitudinally. Dorsal processes on the parapods are upcurved. The first article of each inferior appendage is short, and the apex is broad and rounded.

Description. Overall body color yellow to brown. Head, frons and vertex with brown setae. Antennal scapes light brown with small brown setae, pedicels yellow, basal flagellomeres yellow, apical flagellomeres brown. Maxillary palps absent (broken off); labial palps brown with long brown and yellow setae. Thorax with light and dark brown setae. Legs yellowish brown, midcoxae and foreleg tibiae darker brown, mid- and hind leg tibiae with yellow setae. Forewings light brown, with shades of darker brown, especially on Sc vein, erect light brown and yellow setae. Terga III to VIII with elongate brown setae in lateral margins; tergum III with pair of prominent, rounded glands located at anterolateral margins; sterna II to VII with numerous minute setae; sternum VIII with long brown setae; sternum VI ventromesal process long, slender, curved, with short spine-like setae along ventral margin and terminating with longer, spine-like setae; ventromesal process on sternum VII shorter than anterior process, straight.

Material examined. BRAZIL: Bahia, Abaíra, Estrada Velha Ouro Verde-Piatã, Rio Toboro, 28.vii.2010, UV Light Pan trap, Calor, A.R., Quinteiro, F.B., França D., Lecci, L.S., Arantes, T. & Camelier, P., 3 males (alcohol, UFBA); Wenceslau Guimarães, Estação Ecológica de Wenceslau Guimarães, Riacho Serra Grande, 10.x.2010, UV Light Pan trap, Calor, A.R., Quinteiro, F.B. & Costa, A.M., 1 male (alcohol, UFBA). Minas Gerais, Cabo Verde, Pedregal, 21°28’06”S, 46°24’13”W, el. 920 m, 02–05.xi.2006, light, Amorim, D., Falaschi, R. & Oliveira, S., 27 males (alcohol, UFBA); same data except, 2 males (pinned, UFBA).

Distribution. Ven ez uel a, Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais).