Oecetis paranensis Flint

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 : 29

Oecetis paranensis Flint

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Oecetis paranensis Flint 1982a: 46 (male, original description); 1982b: 52 (distribution); 1996: 421 (distribution); Paprocki et al. 2004 (distribution).

This species is known from northern Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. It is recorded from Bolivia for the first time. Diagnostic characteristics for this species are discussed above in the description of O. oberdorffi n. sp.

Material examined. ARGENTINA: Entre Ríos: Río Paraná Ibicuy, Pto. Ibicuy, 10.xii.1979, C. M. & O. S. Flint cols., ( NMNH) ― 1 male. BOLIVIA: Béni: Lake Belen, near Trinidad, 14°27'29''S, 64°51'41''W, 26.v.2003, (CBF-UMSA) ― 1 male, 1 female; Río Blanco, Bella Vista, 13°16'29''S, 63°42'32''W, 06.v.2006, (CBF-UMSA) ― 1 male; Lake San Gregorio, near Reyes, 12.v.2005, (CBF-UMSA) ― 1 female; Río Itenez, Versalles, 12°39'42''S, 63°22'21''W, 04.v.2006, ( IML) ― 2 males; Lake California, near Bella Vista, 10.v.2006, (CBF-UMSA) ― 15 males, 12 females; Lake Granja, near Bella Vista, Río Blanco basin, 13°15'50''S, 63°42'33''W, 06.v.2006, ( CBF- UMSA) ― 1 male; Lake Colorada, near Trinidad, 14°48'21''S, 64°58'41''W, 16.xi.2002, (CBF-UMSA) ― 1 male; Río Ibare, Puerto Ballivian, near Trinidad, 14°47'41''S, 64°58'21''W, 17.xi.2002, (CBF-UMSA) ― 1 male; Arroyo near Reyes, Río Beni basin, 14°15'44''S, 67°26'52''W, 11.iii.2003, (CBF-UMSA) ― 1 male.

Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia (new record), Brazil, Paraguay, Peru.