Oecetis inconspicua (Walker)

Martín, Paola Rueda, Gibon, Francois-Marie & Molina, Carlos Israel, 2011, The genus Oecetis McLachlan in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae), with new species and identification key for males of Oecetis species from Mexico, Central and South America, Zootaxa 2821, pp. 19-38 : 27

Oecetis inconspicua (Walker)

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Leptocerus inconspicua Walker 1852: 71 (male, original description); Ross 1938: 24 –25 (synonyms); Betten & Mosely 1940 (male, redescription, lectotype, synonymy); Ross 1944: 242 (male, female, larva, pupa, synonymy, distribution); Hagen 1861: 275 –276 (redescribed as Molanna inconspicua ); Denning 1947: 656 (distribution); Wolcott 1950: 93 (distribution); Flint 1964: 64 (male, female); Fisher 1966: 149 (catalog); Flint 1967a: 23 (synonymy); Flint 1967b: 174 (distribution); Bueno-Soria & Flint 1980: 213 (distribution); Flint 1981: 32; Flint 1991a: 97 (distribution); 1996: 421 (distribution); Blahnik et al. 2004: 5 (distribution); Paprocki et al. 2004: 13 (distribution).

Setodes flaveolata Hagen 1861: 282 (male, female); Milne 1934: 19 (to synonymy); Ross 1938: 25.

Setodes micans Hagen 1861: 283 (male, female); Milne 1934: 19 (to synonymy).

Setodes sagitta Hagen 1861: 284 (female); Banks 1907: 46 (in Oecetina ); Milne 1934: 19 (to synonymy); Betten 1934: 274.

Oecetina parvula Banks 1899:215 (female); Milne 1934: 19 (to synonymy).

Leptocerus flaveolatus Banks 1899: 214 ; Banks 1904: 213 (in Oecetina ); Betten 1934: 269 (to Oecetis ).

Oecetina flavida Banks 1899: 216 ; Ulmer 1907: 144; Milne 1934: 19 (to synonymy).

Oecetina inornata Banks 1907: 128 ; Milne 1934: 19 (to synonymy).

Oecetina apicalis Banks 1907: 129 (male); Milne 1934: 19 (to synonymy); Betten 1934: 274.

Oecetina antillana Banks 1938: 298 (male); Flint 1967a: 23 (lectotype, to synonymy).

This species has been recorded from North and Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America. Here, it is recorded for the first time from Bolivia. Floyd (1995) provided sufficient evidence to support that O. inconspicua is a complex of species. The adults are very similar and difficult to distinguish, but the larvae are morphologically distinct. The differences between this species and O. excisa have been discussed above.

Material examined. BOLIVIA: Lake Colorada, near Trinidad, 14°48'21S, 64°58'41''W, 16.xi.2002, ( IML) ― 2 males, 5 females; Río Mocovi, near Trinidad, 14°44'27''S, 64°54'24''W, 12.xi.2002, ( IML) ― 8 males, 3 females; Lake Belen, near Trinidad, 14°27'29''S, 64°51'41''W, 13.xi.2002, (CBF-UMSA) ― 2 males, 1 female; Río Itenez, Versalles, 12°39'42''S, 63°22'21''W, 04.v.2006, ( IML) ― 2 males, 23 females; Río Blanco, Bella Vista, 13°16'29''S, 63°42'32''W, 06.v.2006, (CBF-UMSA) ― 1 male, 1 female; Lake California, near Bella Vista, 10.v.2006, ( IML) ― 1 male. GUATEMALA: Panajachei, 20.viii.1965, P. J. Spangler. Det. Joaquin Bueno Soria ( NMNH) ― 1 male

Distribution. Bahamas, Bolivia (new record), Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, U.S.A., Venezuela.