Oxyethira tica Holzenthal & Harris, 1992

Cavalcante-Silva, Amanda, Pereira, Rafael & Calor, Adolfo Ricardo, 2022, Caddisflies (Trichoptera) checklist and a new species of Helicopsyche von Siebold, 1856, from the Brejo de Altitude de Triunfo, a relict rainforest within the Caatinga domain, Northeast Brazil, ZooKeys 1111, pp. 215-244 : 215

Oxyethira tica Holzenthal & Harris

Oxyethira tica Holzenthal & Harris, 1992: 168 [type locality: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa , Quebrada El Duende near La Casona, 10.838°N, 85.614°W; NMNH; male; female].

Material examined.

Brazil: Pernambuco: B2 (9 males) ; C1 (2 males); D3 (32 males); D7 (2 males).

Distribution.

Brazil (AL, AM, BA, CE, MA, MG, PB, PE, PI, RJ, SE), Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad, and Venezuela.

Remarks.

Holzenthal and Harris’ (1992) description matches the specimens examined, except for the number of segments in the antennae (33 segments) in the specimens observed. Previously reported for the North and Southeast regions of Brazil Takiya et al. (2016) recorded the presence of the species for the Northeast region, Caatinga domain ( Ceará state) and Souza and Santos (2017) extended the distribution for the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado domains (states of Alagoas, Bahia, Maranhão, Paraíba, and Sergipe) and Brejo de Altitude de Bonito (Pernambuco state).