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Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) dithyra , Flint 1974

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Rueda Martín, Paola A. & Sganga, Julieta V., 2011, Smicridea McLachlan (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from northwestern Argentina and Bolivia: new species, redescription, association and new records, pp. 2215-2230 in Journal of Natural History 45 (35 - 36) on pages 2225-2226, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.590947, http://zenodo.org/record/5204287

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IML , NMNH
Event date
1965-07-25 , 2004-10-06 , 2005-05-04 , 2006-02-27
Verbatim event date
1965-07-25/26 , 2004-10-06/2006-03-06 , 2005-05-04 , 2006-02-27
Scientific name authorship
, Flint
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Hydropsychidae
Genus
Smicridea
Species
dithyra
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) dithyra , 1974 sec. Martín & Sganga, 2011

References

  • Flint OS, Jr. 1974. Studies of Neotropical caddisflies, XVII: the genus Smicridea from North and Central America (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae). Smithsonian Contrib Zool. 167: 1 - 65.
  • Flint OS Jr, Holzenthal RW, Harris SC. 1999. Nomenclatural and systematic changes in the Neotropical caddisflies. Insecta Mundi. 13: 73 - 84.
  • Sganga JV, Fontanarrosa MS. 2006 Contribution to the knowledge of the preimaginal stages of the genus Smicridea McLachlan in South America (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae: Smicrideinae). Zootaxa 1258: 1 - 15.