Xiphocentron (Glyphocentron) alcmeon Schmid 1982

Armitage, Brian J., Aguirre, Yusseff, Ríos González, Tomás A. & Blahnik, Roger J., 2022, The Trichoptera of Panama. XVIII. Twelve first country records of macrocaddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) from the Republic of Panama, Zootaxa 5168 (5), pp. 578-588 : 585

Xiphocentron (Glyphocentron) alcmeon Schmid 1982

New Record (1 locality). PANAMA — Chiriqui Province: Cuenca 102; Renacimiento District; Landis Private Reserve ; Quebrada sin nombre; 8.643769°N and 82.829749°W; 755 m a.s.l.; 27 February–16 March 2020; M. Landis, leg. ; Malaise trap; 1 male, MUPADI-YA-2021-189 • ibid., 17–31 March 2020 ; 1 male; MUPADI-YA-2021- 193. Ibid. , 13–21 April 2020 ; 1 male; MUPADI-2021-195. Ibid. , 11–16 July 2020 ; 1 male; MUPADI-2021-197. Ibid. , 12–17 August 2020 ; 1 male; MUPADI-YA-2021-190.

Distribution. Guatemala (type country), Panama.

Identification. Xiphocentron alcmeon was identified by using keys, descriptions, and illustrations by Schmid (1982). This species is most closely related to X. euryale , but differs in the apical points of tergum X and in the general shape of the inferior appendages.