Atopsyche (Atopsaura) blahniki Santos & Holzenthal 2012

Gomes, Victor & Calor, Adolfo Ricardo, 2016, Taxonomy of Atopsyche Banks (Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae) from Brazil: New species, distributional notes and identification key, Zootaxa 4139 (1), pp. 51-75 : 55

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6087917
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scientific name	Atopsyche (Atopsaura) blahniki Santos & Holzenthal 2012
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Atopsyche (Atopsaura) blahniki Santos & Holzenthal 2012 , 66 (Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio Souza, 16º26.567'S, 42º37.957'W, el. 150 m, 16.iii.1996, Holzenthal, R., Rochetti & Oliveira; holotype depository: MZSP; male).

Diagnosis. This species belongs to the Atopsyche (Atopsaura) longipennis Group and resembles A. zernyi , also described from Brazil. Both species have two long processes in the phallotheca, with the apex upturned and narrow ( Santos & Holzenthal 2012). The apex of the phallotheca has long, paired processes with several spines on their lateral edges ( Santos & Holzenthal 2012).

Description. See Santos & Holzenthal (2012).

Material examined. None.

Distribution. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).