Gripopteryx cancellata (Pictet, 1841)

Capnia (Gripopteryx) cancellata Pictet, 1841, p. 328. Gripopteryx cancellata — Klapálek, 1904, p. 8. Gripopteryx cancellata — Jewett, 1960, 168.

Gripopteryx cancellata — Illies, 1963, p.155.

Gripopteryx cancellata — Illies, 1966, p. 29.

Gripopteryx cancellata — Zwick, 1972, p. 1129. Gripopteryx cancellata — Froehlich, 1990, p. 236. Gripopteryx cancellata — Froehlich, 2010, p 132.

Material examined. BRAZIL, São Paulo, Campos do Jordão, Parque Estadual: 1 male + exuviae, 18.XII.1984; Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia: 1 female, 14–16.X.1962 (J. Becker); São Paulo, Campos do Jordão, Parque Estadual: 1 nymph, 18.XII.1984

Diagnostic characters. General color dark brown (Pictet 1841); length of forewing 9.9–11.2 mm in males and 12.5–14.1 in females (Froehlich 1990); male tergum 10 triangular, apex elliptical; male paraproct relatively broad throughout its length, apex rounded (Zwick 1972); apex of male subgenital plate semicircular, epiproct with irregular denticles (Zwick 1972); nymphs with dorsal spines on abdominal terga 1–9 (Froehlich 1990).