Gripopteryx garbei Navás, 1936

Lecci, Lucas Silveira & Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto, 2011, Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), Zootaxa 2792, pp. 1-21 : 8

Gripopteryx garbei Navás, 1936

Gripopteryx garbei Navás, 1936 , p. 731

Gripopteryx garbei — Jewett, 1960, p. 170.

Jewettoperla garbei — Illies, 1963, p. 185.

Paragripopteryx garbei — Illies, 1966, p. 45. Paragripopteryx garbei — Froehlich, 1969, p. 19. Gripopteryx garbei — Froehlich, 1990, p. 240. Gripopteryx garbei — Froehlich, 1993, p. 22. Gripopteryx garbei — Froehlich, 2010, p 132.

Material examined (new records). BRAZIL, Bahia, Camacan, Reserva Serra Bonita: 1 male, 1 female, 08– 09.v.2007, light trap, Rafael, J.A. & Xavier Filho, F.F.; Camacan, Reserva Serra Bonita (15°23’02”S / 39°34’10”W, 806m a.s.l.): 1 male, 2 females, viii.2009, Malaise trap, Calor, A.R., Lecci, L.S., Pinho, L.C., Moretto, R.A.

Diagnostic characters. General color ocher, length of forewing 8.5–9.3 mm in males and 9.4–11.6 mm in females; tergum 10 of male extends broadly backwards, with the apex broadly rounded to almost straight; apex of male paraprocts hooked, curved backwards; male epiproct with minute teeth ( Froehlich 1990); mature nymphs 5–7 mm long; short spines on abdominal terga 1 to 9.

Remarks. This is the first record of the genus in northeastern Brazil. The species has a wide distribution with records from Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo and Bahia States.