Corynoneura hirvenojai Sublette & Sasa, 1994

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Corynoneura hirvenojai Sublette & Sasa, 1994

Material examined. Holotype male, GUATEMALA, Medio Monte, small waterfall, slide n° I–43, 28.i.1981. Paratypes: Barretal, small waterfall, slide n° I–48, one male; slide n° I–40, one male; slide n° I–39, specimen n° 3, one male and specimen n° 7, 1 pupal exuviae.

Remarks. Eyes pubescent. Paratype male on slide I–40 with antenna less plumose, with about one row of setae on each flagellomere. This character seems to be the same in the holotype, but paratype male n° 3 on slide I–39 is another species since antenna has more than one row of seta on each flagellomere and gonostylus is smaller and not tapering as in the holotype. Also on the same slide n° I–39, apart from the pupal exuviae of C. ferelobata , there are 3 different pupal exuviae morphotypes, so that we think it is not possible to affirm that pupal exuviae n° 7 belongs to C. hirvenojai as suggested by the authors. Morphotype n° 7 is similar to Corynoneura mineira , the other morphotypes on slide I– 39 specimens n° 5, 8 and one of n° 9 (there are two different exuviae under number 9) are similar to C. unicapsulata , n°10 and one of n°9 resembles C. septadentata .

The male of C. hirvenojai is very similar to C. fortispicula . The hypopygium slides of C. hirvenojai available are not positioned so that we can compare the gonocoxite and the phallapodeme of both species. More material, the correct association of the pupa of C. hirvenojai and DNA analyses would help to separate both species.