Miroculis (Miroculis) marauiae Savage & Peters, 1983

Orlando, Thales Yann, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Boldrini, Rafael & Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2021, Updated records for Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) and a new species of Thraulodes Ulmer, 1920 from Tocantins State, Northern Brazil, Zootaxa 5076 (1), pp. 39-55 : 44

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5076.1.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5763296
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scientific name	Miroculis (Miroculis) marauiae Savage & Peters, 1983
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Miroculis (Miroculis) marauiae Savage & Peters, 1983 View in CoL

Distribution. Venezuela, Surinam and Brazil (Amazonas). New Record: Tocantins

Material examined. BRAZIL, Tocantins, Palmas, distrito de Taquaruçu do Porto , fazenda Encantada, 10°16’48”S / 48°9’36”W, 26-30.viii.2017, hand net, Krolow, T GoogleMaps . K. coll. (5♂, CEUFT); idem, vale do Vai Quem Quer, 10°22’0.9”S / 48°8’1”W, 27-30.viii.2019, white sheet light trap, Fernandes, A.S. and team cols. (4♂, CEUFT) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. This report expands the range of the species 2000 km southeast from the type-locality. Part of the material was collected in flight using a hand net, and part was collected in a light trap. Males and females were flying approximately 40 cm above the ground. The samples were collected two years apart from each other in August, suggesting that month as a common period for flights. It was found in two sites, in areas with Cerrado influence.