Anacroneuria munchique 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 : 142

Anacroneuria munchique Zúñiga & Stark

Anacroneuria munchique Zúñiga & Stark, 2002:211 .

Holotype ♂, Parque Nacional Natural Munchique , La Romelia , headwater basin Río San Joaquín , Cauca, Colombia (MEUV)

Material examined. COLOMBIA: ♂, Caldas, Municipio de Aranzazu, Vereda Chambery, Río Chambery , Finca Chambery , 1830 m, 31 March 2004, N 05 ° 17 ′ 27 ″, W 75 ° 28 ′ 43 ″, light trap, M. del C. Zúñiga, R. J. Cardozo-Zúñiga ( MEUV) . 1♂, Risaralda, Municipio de Pereira, Vereda La Suiza, Santuario de Fauna y Flora Otún-Quimbaya , Río Otún middle basin, Finca Buenos Aires bridge, 1800 m, N 04 ° 44 ′ 00 ″, W 75 ° 34 ′ 49 ″, 12 April 2006, emerging, M. del C. Zúñiga, W. Cardona, G. Zabala ( MEUV) . 1♂, Same data, except 27 April 2006, W. Cardona ( BPS) . 1♂, Risaralda, Municipio de Pereira, Parque Regional Natural Ucumarí, Estación La Pastora , Río Otún headwater basin, 2400 m, N 04 ° 42 ′ 32 ″, W 75 ° 29 ′ 37 ″, 16 April 2006, light trap, W. Cardona, ( BPS) . 1♂, Same data, except 29 June 2006, light trap, M. del C. Zúñiga, W. Cardona, G. Zabala, R. J. Cardozo-Zúñiga ( BYU) . 1♂, Same data, except Río Otún metallic bridge, N 04 ° 42 ′ 35 ″, W 75 ° 30 ′ 03 ″, 5 July 2007, light trap, M. del C. Zúñiga, W. Cardona, J. Chará, L. P. Giraldo, A. M. Chara, ( MEUA) . 2♂, Risaralda, Municipio de Pereira, Parque Regional Natural Ucumarí, El Cedral , Río Otún middle basin, 2060 m, N 04 ° 42 ′ 32 ″, W 75 ° 29 ′ 37 ″, 30 June 2006, M. del C. Zúñiga, W. Cardona, G. Zabala, R. J. Cardozo-Zúñiga ( MEUV, MHN-ICN) .

Discussion. This species was reported by Zúñiga & Stark (2002) from several localities in the Andinum region in Cauca, Valle del Cauca and Risaralda in the Cordillera Occidental and Cordillera Central. This series expands the records to Risaralda, mainly to protected areas in the headwater and middle Río Otún basin. The specimen from Caldas is the first record for this Department. This third order stream, is a part of the Cauca River middle basin. It is about 12-15 m wide and 0.5-0.8 m deep with substrate composed of boulders, patches of gravel and sands, riffle zones and high slope. The discharge was 727 l/s, the water is oligotrophic in good ecological condition with incipient organic pollution (7.9 mg /l O 2, 12° C). The sparse riparian vegetation consists primarily of shrubs and grasses. The zone receives 2115 mm mean annual rainfall and the air temperature was 18°C at the time of collection. The specimen was collected during the wet season.