Gripopteryx clemira n. sp.

(Fig. 9)

Type material. Holotype, male, BRAZIL, Bahia, Camacan, Reserva Serra Bonita (15°23’02”S / 39°34’00”W, 806 m a.s.l.), 04.viii.2008, light trap, Calor, A.R., Lecci, L.S., Pinho, L.C. and Moretto, R.A. Paratypes. 1 female: same data as holotype; 1 male: same data as holotype except for: 05.xi.2009, light trap, Calor, A.R. et al.

Diagnostic characters. This new species differs from the congeners by males having a broad paraproct that is concave medially; the male epiproct is short, scythe–shaped, with sharp apex; female paraprocts have a triangular apex.

Description. General color brownish. Parietalia brown; brownish band along the border of the eyes; scape and pedicel of antennae brown, flagellum brownish. Epicranial line brownish (Fig 9 a). Pronotum brownish, margins and rugosities darker (Fig. 9 a). Meso– and metanotum brown, pleurae brownish. Legs: femora brownish; base of tibia with a brown band, the rest light brown, tarsus light brown. Forewing with a few spots, venation brown. A pterostigmatic crossvein present.

Male. Abdominal segments sclerotized. Sternum 9 forms a short, elliptical subgenital plate (Fig. 9 d). Posterior portion of abdominal tergum 10 triangular, the apex rounded and curved ventrally (Fig. 9 b). Paraprocts broad and concave internally (Fig. 9 b and 9c); epiproct short, scythe–shaped, with pointed apex and a row of apical denticles (Fig. 9 e). Basis of cerci brown. Width of head, 1.6 mm; length of forewing, 12.8 mm; antennae and cerci damaged.

Female. Abdominal segments sclerotized. Sternum 8 of abdomen with a broad subgenital plate and a deep median notch (Fig. 9 f). Paraprocts simple with triangular apex (Fig. 9 f). Sternum 9 fully sclerotized. Bases of cerci brown. Width of head, 1.9 mm; length of forewing 13.3 mm; antennae broken; number of cercomeres, 18.

Remarks. Gripopteryx clemira n. sp. is a medium–sized species. The male paraprocts of G. clemira are concave as in G. p i n i m a, but those of G. c l e m i r a are much broader; the subgenital plate is elliptical and rounded, while that of G. pinima have a small apical notch. The epiproct of G. clemira n. sp. is short, scythe–shaped.

Etymology. The species is named in honor of Clemira Ordonez Souza, founder of Uiraçu Institute, a non–governmental organization that preserves Reserva Serra Bonita. The name is a noun in apposition.