Austrotinodes taquaralis Thomson & Holzenthal, 2010

Leandro Lourenço Dumas & Wagner Rafael M. de Souza, 2017, On Brazilian Austrotinodes Schmid, 1955 (Insecta, Trichoptera, Ecnomidae): new species, new distributional records and an updated checklist, European Journal of Taxonomy 297, pp. 1-40 : 38

Austrotinodes taquaralis Thomson & Holzenthal, 2010

Austrotinodes taquaralis Thomson & Holzenthal, 2010: 47 , fig. 6a–f [Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional Itatiaia, Rio Taquaral , 22°27.252′ S, 44°36.570′ W, 1300 m; holotype depository: MZSP; male].

Austrotinodes taquaralis – Paprocki & França 2014: 7 [checklist].

Material examined

BRAZIL: 1 ♂, Espírito Santo, Dores do Rio Preto, Pedra Menina, PN do Caparaó, Cachoeira do Aurélio , 20°28′54.5″ S, 41°50′12.8″ W, 6 Jan. 2013, 1814 m, L.L. Dumas and B.H.L. Sampaio leg. ( DZRJ).

Remarks

Austrotinodes taquaralis is very similar to A. donagrazielae sp. nov., A. absaberi sp. nov. and A. gusmaoi sp. nov., possibly forming a species group or complex. There are minor differences among then, as mentioned in the species diagnoses of those species. This species can be diagnosed by a set of characteristics, including intermediate appendages tapering to apex, with a single basodorsal and 3 apical spine-like setae; inferior appendages with posterior margin concave with central point; and a phallus with the lateral process bearing a short slender ventral branch with a single apical spine, and a dorsal branch with a row of 2 subapical and 1 apical unenlarged spines.

This species is commonly encountered at Atlantic Forest sites in Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro state, and Minas Gerais. It is reported for the first time and from similar sites from Espirito Santo state.