Oecetis connata Flint 1974

Henriques-Oliveira, Ana Lucia, Dumas, Leandro Lourenço & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2014, Three new species and new distributional records of Oecetis McLachlan 1877 (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae: Leptocerinae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 3753 (3), pp. 273-282 : 279

Oecetis connata Flint 1974

This species was recently recorded from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, in Amazonas and Pará states ( Dumas et al. 2010). Oecetis connata also occurs in Guyana and Surinam. The present report of this species from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states, southeastern Brazil, constitutes the southernmost records for the species. O. connata is also recorded from Piauí state, northeastern Brazil, for the first time.

Material examined. BRAZIL: Piauí: Piracuruca, Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades, alojamento, 04°05’57.00”S, 41°42’34.00”W, 193 m, 20.iv.2012, D.M. Takiya leg., light trap, 30 males, 15 females ( DZRJ 3788); Piracuruca, Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades, riacho da Bananeira, 04°05’59.00”S, 41°42’48.00”W, 183 m, 18.iv.2012, D.M. Takiya leg., 3 males, 2 females ( DZRJ 3789); Piracuruca, Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades, Cachoeira do Riachão, 04°06’28.00”S, 41°40’13.00”W, 171 m, 20.iv.2012, D.M. Takiya leg., 1 male, 3 females ( DZRJ 3790); Rio de Janeiro: Piraí, Reservatório de Ribeirão das Lajes, 12.ii.2003, C.N. Francischetti leg., 6 males, 5 females ( DZRJ 3573); São Paulo: Salesópolis, Reserva Biológica da Boracéia, Rio Claro (above Represa Casa Grande), 23°38’10.30”S, 45°49’57.10”W, 356 m, 28.i.2011, L.L. Dumas & D.M. Takiya leg., 1 male ( DZRJ 3577).