Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) atrobasis Flint, 1983

Rueda Martín, Paola A. & Sganga, Julieta V., 2011, Smicridea McLachlan (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from northwestern Argentina and Bolivia: new species, redescription, association and new records, Journal of Natural History 45 (35 - 36), pp. 2215-2230 : 2225

Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) atrobasis Flint, 1983

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Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) atrobasis: Flint, 1983: 63 ; Flint, Holzenthal and Harris, 1999: 72; Sganga and Angrisano, 2006: 132.

Material examined

Argentina: Salta, Río Juramento (Entre Ruta 9 y Dique Cabra Corral ), 29 February 2000: one male ( IML) ; Jujuy: Río Zora , 410 m above sea level, 4 June 2000, one male ( IML) . Río Piedras , 580 m, 23 ◦ 30 ′ 97 ′′ S, 64 ◦ 33 ′ 04 ′′ W, 1 June 2000, C. Molineri, V. Manzo, F. Romero and C. Nieto cols.: one male ( IML) ; Tucumán, Lules, Potrero de la Tablas, Río Los Membrillos , 26 January 2005: one male ( IML) ; Burruyacú, Sunchal, A ◦ Artaza , 27 October 1999: one male ( IML) ; Alberdi, Dique Escava, Río Cavaría , 12 October 1999: one male ( IML) . Bolivia: Tarija, Río Salinas , 6 March 2006, E. Domínguez and C. Nieto cols.: two males ( IML) ; Río Saican , 5 October 2004, C. Molineri and V. Manzo cols.: one male ( IML) .

Type material

Holotype male. Argentina: Entre Ríos, Salto Grande, Uruguay River, 19 November, O. S. Flint, Jr. col. ( NMNH).

Remarks

This species was recorded from Eastern Argentina, Uruguay and Southern Brazil. In this paper it is recorded for the first time from northwestern Argentina and from Bolivia, being the first country record for the species ( Figures 4F–J ).

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Uruguay.

Figures

Figure 4. Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) valeni sp. nov. (A) Male genitalia, lateral view; (B) male genitalia, dorsal view; (C) inferior appendages, ventral view; (D) phallus, dorsal view; (E) phallus, lateral view. Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) atrobasis. (F) male genitalia, lateral view; (G) male genitalia, dorsal view; (H) inferior appendages, ventral view; (I) phallus, dorsal view; (J) phallus, lateral view. Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) dithyra. (K) male genitalia, lateral view; (L) male genitalia, dorsal view; (M) inferior appendages, ventral view; (N) phallus, lateral view; (O) phallus, dorsal view.