Oecetis punctipennis (Ulmer)

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 : 31-33

Oecetis punctipennis (Ulmer)

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Pseudosetodes punctipennis Ulmer 1905: 77 (female, original description); Flint 1966: 10 (female, lectotype, male); Flint 1982b: 53 (distribution); Flint 1996: 421 (distribution); Maes & Flint 1988: 6 (distribution); Holzenthal 1988: 74 (distribution); Aguila 1992: 544 (distribution); Paprocki et al. 2004 (distribution).

Oecetina parishi Banks 1915: 631 (male); Flint 1966: 10 (to synonymy).

Oecetis bridarollina Navás 1933 (male); Flint 1972 (to synonymy).

This species is widely distributed in Central and South America. According to Flint (1983), O. punctipennis , O. connata Flint (1974) and O. iguazu Flint (1983) form a complex of closely related species.

Material examined. BOLIVIA: Lake Colorada, near Trinidad, 14°48'21''S, 64°58'41''W, 16.xi.2002, ( IML) ― 1 male, 6 females; Lake Belen, near Trinidad, 14°27'29''S, 64°51'41''W, 26.v.2003, (CBF-UMSA) ― 1 male; 13.xi.2002 ― 1 male; Río Ibare, Puerto Ballivian, near Trinidad, 14°47'41''S, 64°58'21'W, 17.xi.2002, ( CBF- UMSA) ― 1 female; Lake Bay, Río Manuripi basin, 03.viii.2007, (CBF-UMSA) ― 2 males, 1 female, Lake Granja, near Bella Vista, 13°15'50''S, 63°42'33''W, 06.v.2006, ( IML) ― 1 male.

Paratype: VENEZUELA: T. F. A., Agua Blanca. 0°49´N, 66°08´W, Cerro de la Neblina, 160 m, 10– 21.iii.1984, O.S. Flint & J. Louton cols., ( NMNH) ― 1 male.

Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.