Anacroneuria marta Zúñiga & Stark, 2002

Zúñiga, Maria del Carmen, Stark, Bill P., Cardona, William, Tamaris-Turizo, César & Ortega, Oscar E., 2007, Additions To The Colombian Anacroneuria Fauna (Plecoptera: Perlidae) With Descriptions Of Seven New Species, Illiesia 3 (13), pp. 127-149 : 141-142

Anacroneuria marta Zúñiga & Stark

Anacroneuria marta Zúñiga & Stark, 2002:210 .

Holotype ♂, Don Diego , Magdalena, Colombia (CMNH)

Material examined. COLOMBIA: 2 ♂, Magdalena, Municipio de Santa Marta, Corregimiento de Minca, Quebrada Agua dulce, Río Gaira middle basin, 710 m, light trap, N 11 ° 07 ′ 57 ″, W 74 ° 07 ′ 14 ″, 1 October 2000, M. del C. Zúñiga, L. C. Gutiérrez, L. Pérez, N. Martínez ( MEUV) . 1♂, Magdalena, Municipio de Santa Marta, Corregimiento de Minca, Río Gaira middle basin, Pozo Azul , 750 m, N 11 ° 08 ′ 11 ″, W 74 ° 06 ′ 12 ″, on vegetation, 11 June 2003, L.Florez ( BPS) . 1♀, Magdalena, Municipio de Santa Marta, Corregimiento de Minca, Hacienda La Victoria , Río Gaira middle basin, 900 m, light trap, N 11 ° 07 ′ 44 ″, W 74 ° 05 ′ 36 ″, 27 June 2005, T. Sierra-Labastidas, A. Reyes-Picón ( MEUV) .

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Discussion. This species was described from a single male collected at the base of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta ( Zúñiga & Stark 2002) and the female and larva have not been subsequently described. Our sample from the Región Natural del Caribe in Colombia, includes a single female, with associated larval skin, which matches the holotype and two recently collected males in color pattern and size. We add the description of this female and larva as the probable unknown life stages of this species.

Female. Forewing length 12mm. Subgenital plate weakly 4-lobed; mesal lobes narrowly separated by mesal notch, lateral lobes separated by broad emarginations ( Fig. 39 ); lobes about equal in length. Sternum 9 with a narrow transverse curved sclerite on posterior margin; mesal setal patch composed of relatively short, fine setae; median stalk very sparse and lateral patches with larger and more numerous setae.

Egg. Unknown.

Larva. (from exuvia). General color dark brown with pale areas on head and thorax; abdomen uniformly brown. Head mostly brown forward of ocelli, but small pale areas on anteromedian area and laterad to ocelli; occiput entirely pale ( Fig. 40 ). Legs brown; fringe hairs of legs and cerci not visible due to specimen condition.

Figures

Figs. 39-40. Anacroneuria marta. 39. Female subgenital plate, 40. Larval head and pronotum.