Gripopteryx reticulata Brauer, 1866

Lecci, Lucas Silveira & Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto, 2011, Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), Zootaxa 2792, pp. 1-21 : 4-5

Gripopteryx reticulata Brauer, 1866

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Gripopteryx reticulata Brauer, 1866 , p. 51

Gripopteryx reticulata — Jewett, 1960, p. 171. Gripopteryx reticulata — Illies, 1963, p. 157.

Gripopteryx reticulata — Illies, 1966, p. 30.

Gripopteryx reticulata — Froehlich, 1990, p. 238. Gripopteryx reticulata — Froehlich, 2010, p 133.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Engenheiro Passos, BR– 485 km 12, Hotel Fazenda Palmital: 1 male, 14.iv.2007, light trap, Rafael, J.A. & Xavier Filho., F.F.; Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Rio Campo Belo: 2 males, 05.iii.2002, light trap, Holzenthal, Blahnik, Paprocki & Prather; São Paulo, Ribeirão Grande, Parque Estadual Intervales, Ribeirão Água Comprida: 2 males, 06.i.2000, light, Bispo, P.C. et al.; São Paulo, Salesópolis, Estação Biológica de Boracéia: 1 male, 24.i.1958, Travassos R. & Travassos Filho.

Diagnostic characters. General color gray, length of fore wing 16.5–18.6 mm in males and 20.4–24.4 mm in females ( Froehlich 1990); tergum 10 of males somewhat triangular, apex elliptical, turned down; apex of male paraprocts hooked ( Froehlich 1990) curved backwards ( Fig. 2 c); male subgenital plate rounded; pronotum of nymphs narrow, abdominal terga 1–9 with dorsal spines ( Froehlich 1990).

Remarks. Brauer (1866) did not illustrate G. reticulata . Jewett (1960) illustrated the male and female, but his figures do not emphasize characters that are currently recognized as important for the recognition of the species. Froehlich (1990) redescribed the female and the nymph. We provide figures of the male terminalia in dorsal, ventral and lateral views ( Fig. 2 ).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Gripopteryx reticulata, male: a, head and pronotum, dorsal view; b, terminalia in dorsal view; c, terminalia in lateral view; d, terminalia in ventral view.