Macrostemum ulmeri ( Banks 1913 )

Desidério, Gleison Robson, Barcelos-Silva, Patrik, De Souza, Wagner Rafael M., Pes, Ana Maria & De Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto S., 2017, Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Maranhão State, Northeast Region, Brazil: A new species, checklist, and new geographical records, Zootaxa 4221 (2), pp. 151-171 : 161

Macrostemum ulmeri ( Banks 1913)

Material examined. BRAZIL: Maranhão: Carolina, Parque Nacional Chapada das Mesas, Riacho Estiva , 07°06'59.8''S, 47°21'21.0''W, 265 m a.s.l., 2 females, 15–30.vi.2013, J.A. Rafael, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, T.T. Silva legs., Suspended trap ( CZMA) ; Caxias, Área de Proteção Ambiental Inhamum, Igarapé Soledade , 04°53'40.8"S, 43°25'18.9"W, 384 m a.s.l., 2 females, 21–30.xii.2014, D. Sousa, G.R. Desidério, S.R.S. Nascimento legs., Malaise trap ( CZMA) ; Caxias, Área de Proteção Ambiental Inhamum , Igarapé Sumidouro do Padre I, 04°53'28.1"S, 43°25'52.3"W, 448 m a.s.l., 1 female, 21–30.xii.2014, D. Sousa, G.R. Desidério, S.R.S. Nascimento legs., Malaise trap ( CZMA) ; Caxias, Área de Proteção Ambiental Inhamum , Igarapé Sumidouro do Padre II, 04°53'23.6"S, 43°25'53.2"W, 363 m a.s.l., 2 females, 3 males, 21–25.xii.2014, D. Sousa, G.R. Desidério, S.R.S. Nascimento legs., Pennsylvania trap ( CZMA) .

Known distribution. BRAZIL (Acre, Amazonas, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Pará, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rondônia, Roraima, São Paulo) , COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, ECUADOR, HONDURAS, PANAMA, PERU, SURINAME.

Remarks. Previously recorded in the Northeast Region only from Pernambuco ( Souza et al. 2013b) and Ceará and Piauí states (Takiya et al. 2016). This study reports this species for the first time for the State of Maranhão [Carolina and Caxias Municipalities].