Anacroneuria darien Gutiérrez-Fonseca, 2015

Kondratieff, Boris C. & Armitage, Brian J., 2019, The Plecoptera of Panama. III. The genus Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in Panama’s national parks: 2017 survey results, Zootaxa 4565 (3), pp. 407-419 : 412

Anacroneuria darien Gutiérrez-Fonseca, 2015

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Anacroneuria darien Gutiérrez-Fonseca, 2015: 71 . Holotype ♂ (United States National Museum), Darién National Park , Panama

Material examined. PANAMA: Darién Province, Darién National Park, Cuenca 156 , Rancho Frío (Pirre 1), 8.01981°N and 77.73250°W, 125 m, A. Thurman, 5–12 February 2018, 1 ♂ (COZEM).

Comments. This species was originally described from Darién National Park, a 575,000 ha spectacular landscape in southeastern Panama. This area is considered one of most important protected areas of Central America and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The male of A. darien is distinctive among all described Panamanian species by its almost completely pale-yellow coloration with black marked femoral apices, as illustrated by Gutiérrez-Fonseca (2015).