Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) dithyra, Flint, 1974

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 : 2225-2226

Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) dithyra, Flint, 1974

( Figures 4K–O )

Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) dithyra, Flint, 1974: 42 ; Flint, Holzenthal and Harris, 1999; Sganga and Fontanarrosa, 2006: 8.

Material examined

Argentina: Tucumán, Río Pueblo Viejo , 4 May 2005, Rueda Martín and Reynaga: two males ( IML) . Bolivia: Tarija, 27 February 2006: one male ; Río Saladito, 10 October 2004, C. Molineri and C. Nieto cols.: one male ( IML); Río Saicán, 6 October 2004, C. Molineri and V. Manzo cols.: one male ( IML); Río Salinas , 6 March 2006, E. Domínguez and C. Nieto cols.: one male ( IML); Río Las Conchas , 2 March 2006, E. Domínguez and C. Nieto cols.: one male ( IML); Río Camacho , 27 February 2006, P. Rueda Martín and C. Nieto cols.: one male ( IML) .

Type material

Holotype male. Mexico nr: Huatusco , 25–26 July 1965, O. A. Flint, Jr. and Ortiz ( NMNH).

Remarks

This species was recorded in Argentina from San Luis Province (central-western Argentina). It was collected in Tucuman province from northwestern Argentina, and it is recorded for the first time from Bolivia ( Figures 4K–O ).

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

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.