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Issue: Vol. 3835 No. 1: 9 Jul. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.9
Page range: 140–144
Abstract views: 60
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Tupiperla Froehlich, 1969 (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) from Serra da Jibóia, Bahia, Brazil

Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática (LEAq), Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Geremoabo, 147, campus Ondina, CEP 40170-290, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis, Av. Dom Antônio, 2100, Parque Universitário, CEP 19806-900, Assis, SP, Brazil.
Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática (LEAq), Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Geremoabo, 147, campus Ondina, CEP 40170-290, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Aquatic Insects freshwater Gripopterygidae Neotropical Stoneflies

Abstract

The gripopterygid genus Tupiperla comprises 18 species, 16 have been recorded from Brazil, including T. guariru n. sp., described here. The new species was collected from streams in the Serra da Jibóia region, Bahia State, Brazil using light traps. Additional material from Amargosa, Bahia State, Brazil was also studied.