Tupiperla tessellata ( Brauer 1866 )

Duarte, Tácio, Lecci, Lucas S. & Calor, Adolfo R., 2014, Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from Serra Bonita, Bahia, Brazil: New species and updated records, Zootaxa 3779 (1), pp. 81-92 : 86

Tupiperla tessellata ( Brauer 1866)

Gripopteryx tessellata Brauer 1866: 51 .

Gripopteryx tessellata — Klapálek 1904: 9.

Gripopteryx neofriburgensis — Navás 1916: 27.

Gripopteryx tessellata — Jewett 1960: 172.

Gripopteryx tessellata — Illies 1963: 179.

Gripopteryx tessellata — Illies 1966: 48.

Tupiperla tessellata — Froehlich 1998: 21.

Tupiperla tessellata — Froehlich 2010a: 139.

Tupiperla tessellata — Bispo & Lecci 2011: 380.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Bahia: Camacan, Serra Bonita , 15°23'02"S, 39°34'10"W, 806 m a.s.l., 29.x.2008, light pan trap, ARC, RM and SM, 3 males, 4 females ; same data, except for: 15°23'1.7"S, 39°34'10"W, 25.xi.2011, light pan trap, FBQ, RM, ESD, TD and VS, 1 female ; Serra Bonita , 15°23'28"S, 39°34'56"W, x.2008, Malaise trap, ARC, LSL, LCP and RAM, 1 male ; same data, except for: 15°23'03"S, 39°34'00.1"W, v.2009, Malaise trap, ARC, LSL, LCP and RAM, 1 female ; same data, except for: ix.2009, 1 female ; same data, except for: xi.2009, 3 females ; same data, except for: ii.2010, 1 male ; same data, except for: iv.2011, 1 male ; same data, except for: v.2011, 1 male ; same data, except for: vi.2011, 1 male ; same data, except for: viii.2011, 1 male ; same data, except for: xii.2011, 1 male ; same data, except for: vii.2012, 1 female ; Serra Bonita , 15°23'39.5"S, 39°34'44.3"W, 01.iv.2011, light pan trap, FBQ, DF and HB, 2 females ; same data, except for: 15°23'26.6"S, 39°34'57.2"W, 26–27.xi.2011, light pan trap, FBQ, ESD and TD, 1 male ; same data, except for: 15°23'15.7"S, 39°33'57.3"W, 28.xi.2011, light pan trap, FBQ, ESD and TD, 1 male ; same data, except for: 15°23'27.7"S, 39°33'55.5"W, 29.xi.2011, light pan trap, FBQ, ESD and TD, 1 male (new record).

Distribution. Brazil (BA, MG, RJ, SC, SP)

Remarks. The species is widely distributed in the states of southeastern Brazil ( Bispo & Lecci 2011). The above records are the first adults collected from northeastern Brazil.