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Issue: Vol. 3113 No. 1: 29 Nov. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3113.1.1
Page range: 1–35
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Smicridea (Trichoptera, Hydropsychidae) from 3 Brazilian Amazonian States: New species, larval taxonomy and bionomics

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Coordenação de Pesquisas em Biodiversidae - Entomologia, Avenida André Araújo 2936, CEP: 69.067–375, Bairro Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Coordenação de Pesquisas em Biodiversidae - Entomologia, Avenida André Araújo 2936, CEP: 69.067–375, Bairro Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Coordenação de Pesquisas em Biodiversidae - Entomologia, Avenida André Araújo 2936, CEP: 69.067–375, Bairro Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil
Trichoptera aquatic insects caddisfly immature stages Neotropical streams Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) S. (Smicridea)

Abstract

Seven new species of Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) are described from the states of Amazonas, Roraima and Mato Grosso, Brazil: S. araguaiense sp. nov., S. bicornuta sp. nov., S. bifasciata sp. nov, S. dentisserrata sp. nov., S. helenae sp. nov., S. flinti sp. nov., S. roraimense sp. nov. Larvae and pupae of S. helenae sp. nov., S. (Smicridea) palifera Flint, S. (S.) obliqua Flint and S. (R.) appendiculata Flint are described and illustrated. Morphological variation observed in S. (R.) coronata Flint and S. appendiculata is presented. Species bionomics are presented and new species are recorded for Brazil and for the states of Amazonas, Roraima and Mato Grosso.

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