Sisyra apicalis Banks, 1908

Assmar, Alice Carvalho & Calor, Adolfo Ricardo, 2020, The spongillafly genus Sisyra Burmeister, 1839 (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) from Brazil: Distributional, taxonomical and bionomical notes, Zootaxa 4802 (2), pp. 374-382 : 375-376

Sisyra apicalis Banks, 1908

( Figs 1, 3, 5–7 )

Sisyra apicalis Banks, 1908:261 [description]; Parfin & Gurney 1956:471 [revision]; Penny 1981:163 [record]; Maes & Flint 1994:4 [record]; Oswald et al. 2002:581 [checklist]; Monserrat 2005:10 [record]; Bowles 2006:13 [record, larval information]; Flint 2006:280 [record]; Bowles 2015:3 [record]; Assmar & Salles 2017:86 [record].

Sisyra nocturna Navás 1932:155 [description]; 1935:67 [revision]; Monserrat 2005:10 [junior synonym of S. apicalis ]

Remarks. This species is widely distributed, being recorded from the southern United States to Brazil ( Oswald 2019). In Brazil, this is the first record of S. apicalis from Bahia and Pernambuco states, in the Northeast Region of the country ( Figs 1, 3, 5–7 ). This also constitutes the first record of Sisyridae to Pernambuco state.

The remarkable characteristic of S. apicalis is the straight distally projected male gonocoxite 9, with rounded apex and curving internally in dorsal view ( Assmar & Salles 2017).

Material examined. BRAZIL: Bahia, Jandaira, Reserva Copern, 11°36’51.9” S 37°38’46.9” W, 22 m a.s.l., 11.x.2016, light pan trap ( UV and white light), Kiszewiski ; Silva, F.; Dias, E. & Campos, R ., 1 male ( UFBA, N0035 ); Salvador, Parque São Bartolomeu , 12°53’45.6” S 38°28’11.31” W, 22.x.2019, light pan trap, Miranda, M. & Pereira, R ., 1 male ( UFBA, N0052 ) . Minas Gerais: Aimorés, AE UNE Elieser Batista [Aimorés hydroelectric power plant, Eliezer Batista], Pedra Lorena , 19°26’44” S 53°06’21” W, 15.i.2011, CDU trap, França, D., 1 female ( UFBA, N0039 ) . Pernambuco: Tamandaré, REBIO Saltinho, riacho Saltinho , 8°43’47.5” S 35°10’31.4” W, 20.iv.2018, white light pan trap, Pereira-Silva, R ., Lima, R . P. & Gomes, D.W.S., 1 male ( UFBA, N0034 ); same data, except 19.iv.2018, 3 m. a.s.l, 2 males ( UFBA, N0036 , N0042 ); Cabo Santo Agostinho, Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Gurjaú, Sede , waterfall, 8°21’30” S 34°56’30” W, 01–02.x.2019, white and UV light pan trap, Pereira-Silva, R ., 1 male ( UFBA, N0081 ) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Maps of the new distributional records of Sisyra Burmeister, 1839 species (1) in Brazil. Emphasis in the (2) Amazonas state; (3) Northeast region of Brazil, with the first records to states of (4) Ceará and (5) Pernambuco, and additional records to (6) Bahia state; and (7) Minas Gerais state. The half-green half-red hexagon means superposition of species records.