A New species and records of Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) from Rio Grande do Sul State, Southern Brazil

Marcos Carneiro Novaes; Pitágoras Da Conceição Bispo

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.5.7

A New species and records of Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) from Rio Grande do Sul State, Southern Brazil

Zootaxa. 2016 Oct 17;4175(5):487-490. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.5.7.

Authors

Marcos Carneiro Novaes¹, Pitágoras Da Conceição Bispo²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Insetos, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES/CEUNES), São Mateus, ES, Brazil.; Email: marcoscnovaes@gmail.com.
² Laboratório de Biologia Aquática, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Assis, SP, Brazil.; Email: pcbispo@gmail.com.

PMID: 27811757
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.5.7

Abstract

Specimens of Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) from Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil were studied. A new species, Tupiperla sepeensis n. sp. is described. Tupiperla misionera Froehlich 2002 is a new record for Brazil and Gripopteryx reticulata Brauer 1866 and Tupiperla tessellata Brauer 1866 are new records for southern Brazil.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil
Female
Insecta / anatomy & histology*
Insecta / classification*
Male
Species Specificity