Smicridea (Smicridea) palifera Flint, 1981

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

Smicridea (Smicridea) palifera Flint

Smicridea (Smicridea) palifera Flint, 1981: 23 [type locality: Venezuela, Aragua, Maracay, El Limón; NMNH; male; female].

Material examined.

Brazil: Pernambuco: B2 (71 males, 9 females) ; C1 (4 males, 2 females); C5 (4 males); C6 (2 males, 3 females); D4 (1 female); D5 (1 female); D6 (4 males, 3 females); D7 (27 males, 15 females); D10 (1 female); D11 (3 males, 1 female); D15 (1 male); D17 (1 male); D18 (3 males); D19 (3 males, 2 females); D20 (6 males, 10 females); F1 (1 female).

Distribution.

Brazil (AL, ES, MA, MT, MG, PB, PE, RJ, RO), Grenada, and Venezuela.

Remarks.

This species differs from all other species in the Smicridea nigripennis group due to the presence of a simple aedeagus, with only a sclerotized spine, and large rounded lobe in segment X ( Flint 1981). Smicridea (Smicridea) palifera presents a wide distribution in Brazil, except in the south of the country ( Santos et al. 2022). In the Northeast region it has been registered in four states (altitude range of 53 m and 814 m) ( Souza et al. 2013a; Desidério et al. 2017; Desidério et al. 2020). It was recorded in the Caatinga domain, Pernambuco state ( Souza et al. 2013a) and later the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest domains ( Desidério et al. 2017; Desidério et al. 2020). This is the first record in Brejo de Altitude.

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