Plectrocnemia tortosa Banks 1947

Zhong, Hua, Yang, Lian-Fang & Morse, John C., 2012, The genus Plectrocnemia Stephens in China (Trichoptera, Polycentropodidae), Zootaxa 3489, pp. 1-24 : 18

Plectrocnemia tortosa Banks 1947

Plectrocnemia tortosa Banks 1947: 105 –106 (male); type locality: China (Si-chuan). Li 1998: 57–58, 328. Plectrocnemia uncata Wang & Yang 1997 in Yang et al. 1997: 283–284, syn. nov.

This is a widely distributed species in China. In comparison with the drawing provided by Li (1998), we consider Plectrocnemia uncata Wang & Yang 1997 as a synonym of P. t o r t o s a Banks.

Specimens examined. He-nan Province: Nei-xiang County, N33.02°, E111.50°, Bao-tian-man, light, alt. 1500 m, 15 July 1998, Wang B-x., 1 male. Also He-nan Province: Song-xian County, Mt. Bai-yun, N34.08°, E112.05°, alt. 1400 m, 15–18 July 1996, Coll. Wang B-x., 1 male, 1 female. Si-chuan Province: Shi-mian County, Li-zi-ping Nature Reserve, Zi-ma River administration station, at the gate of the Station, 3.5 km from unnamed paved road at 3.8 km stone marker, N29.0098°, E102.2800°, alt. 2175 m, 0 1 July 2005, Coll. Zhou X., 5 males, 1 female; same data except tributary of Zima river, 1.0 km from unnamed paved road at 3.8 km stone marker, N28.9927°, E102.2787°, alt. 1976 m, 0 1 July 2005, Coll. Zhou C-F., 1 male, 1 female; same data except Zima River at Power Station, 2.8 km from unnamed paved road at 3.8 km stone marker, N29.0062°, E102.2837°, alt. 2090 m, 0 1 July 2005, Coll. C.J. Geraci and J.C. Morse, 1 male. Also Si-chuan Province: Mian-ning County, Jiawu Village, Yan-jian Stream, 100-150 m upstream of S215 at 410.4 km stone marker, N28.3641°, E101.9970°, alt. 2379 m, 0 3 July 2005, Coll. Zhou X. and Zhou C-f., 2 males, 1 female. Also Si-chuan Province: Zhao-jue County, Er-dan Village, unnamed stream beside S307 at 537.2 km stone marker, N27.9181°, E102.6681°, alt. 2543 m, 4 July 2005, Coll. Sun C-h., 1 male. Also Si-chuan Province: Wen-chuan County, San-jiang Scenic Area, An-jia-ping Stream, 13.5 km NW San-jiang Town, 7.7 km NW gate, 400 m upstream of bridge, N30.9636°, E103.3014°, alt. 1740 m, 0 9 July 2005, Coll. Zhou C-f., 2 males; same data except N30.96°, E103.30°, Wo-long Town, 3 km from Jiao-mu-shan Village, Pi-tiao Stream, alt. 1900 m, Coll. Chen X-e, 8 males, 1 female. Also Si-chuan Province: Kang-ding County, N30.0°, E101.9°, Peng-ta, 0 1 September 2005, Coll. Shi F-f., 1 male; same data except 29 August 2005, Coll. Shi F-m., 2 males, 1 female.

Distribution. China (Si-chuan, He-nan); Myanmar.