Neotrichia tauricornis Malicky 1980

Neto, Jaime De Liege Gama & Passos, Mahedy Araujo Bastos, 2019, The genus Neotrichia Morton 1905 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) in Roraima state, Brazil: New records and description of seven new species, Zootaxa 4695 (6), pp. 516-528 : 527

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.6.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52B88B5C-7150-4958-8C85-6C876E31B900
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5933288
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC879E-8F6D-204E-38E3-FE3FF377489E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neotrichia tauricornis Malicky 1980
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Neotrichia tauricornis Malicky 1980 View in CoL

This species is widespread over much of the Lesser Antilles ( Grenada, Guadaloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, Tobago, Trinidad) and Panama. In South America it was known only from Colombia. Its discovery in this study represents the first record of this species from Brazil and expands its geographic distribution further into northeastern South America.

BRAZIL: Roraima: Iracema municipality, Vicinal Campos Novos (Fazenda Rancho Fundo), small order stream, 2°21’26.22”N, 61°23’38.98”W, 209 m a.s.l., 16 Mar. 2018, 2 males, Pennsylvania light trap, J.L. Gama Neto, leg. (alcohol; MPEG) GoogleMaps .

Neotrichia parabullata Harris & Armitage 2015

This species was previously known from only the Panama Canal Zone, the type locality. Its discovery in this study represents the first record of this species in South America.

BRAZIL: Roraima: Mucajai municipality, RR-325, Vicinal Apiau (sítio Califórnia), small order stream, 2º32’15.47’’N / 61º11’56.65’’W, 68 m a.s.l., 15 Nov. 2017, 2 males. Pennsylvania light trap, J.L. Gama Neto, leg. (alcohol; MPEG) GoogleMaps .