Atopsyche (Atopsaura) sanctipauli Flint 1974

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 : 61-62

Atopsyche (Atopsaura) sanctipauli Flint 1974

Figures 1 A–B

Atopsyche sanctipauli Flint 1974 , 5 (Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Alto da Serra; holotype depository: NMW; male). Atopsyche (Atopsaura) sanctipauli Flint ; Blahnik et al. 2004, 4 (distribution); Paprocki et al. 2004, 7 (checklist); Calor 2011, 320 (checklist).

Diagnosis. This species belongs to the Atopsyche (Atopsaura) longipennis Group and is most similar to A. japoda Ross & King 1952 in the dorsal process on the phallotheca. This new species also is similar to Atopsyche kamakan n. sp. in and A. huarcu in the basomesal concavity of the second article of each inferior appendage and in the presence of a dorsal process of the phallotheca. However, it can be recognized by the thin forked lateral process of the phallotheca connected laterally, by the small lobe from the mesal face of each inferior appendage and by the shapes of the apical pieces of the inferior appendages ( Flint 1974).

Description. Atopsyche sanctipauli shows variations in the shape of the parapods, but generally this structure is broad basally, each with a basodorsal process directed anterad, tapering to a narrow posterior apex bearing setae, dorsal margin with spines ( Fig. 1 A). Phallotheca with nonarticulated dorsal process; “beaks” thin, each with narrow dorsolateral flange ( Flint 1974, fig. 27), laterally with thin, deeply bifurcate process dorsally with long, slender, central spine (aedeagus in Schmid’s nomenclature); aedeagus nearly as long as phallotheca, slender, curved ventrad and then caudad, apically acute ( Fig. 1 B; Flint 1974). The dorsal central spine shows morphological variation in some specimens which have a conspicuous dorsal array of sharp spines near its middle.

Material examined. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Serra do Cipó, Cardeal Mota, 19°18.912’S, 43°36.260’W, el. 800 m, 12.xi.2001, Holzenthal, R.W., Paprocki, H., Blahnik, R. & Amarante, M.; Det. Blahnik, R., 2002, UMSP 000081910 to 000081931, 16 males, 6 females (pinned, MZSP); same data except Rio Capivara, light, 18.xii.1974, Froehlich, C.G.; Det. Flint, O.S. Jr., 1977, 1 male (alcohol, MZSP); same data except Km 126, 17.iv.1975, light, Froehlich, C.G., Carvalho, C., Shimizu, G.; Det. Flint, O.S. Jr., 1 male (alcohol, MZSP); same data except light, 17.xii.1974, Froehlich, C.G.; Det. Flint, O.S. Jr., 1977, 2 males (alcohol, MZSP); same data except afl. Rio Capivara, 19.iv.1975, light, Froehlich, C.G., Carvalho, C., Shimizu, G.; Det. Flint, O.S. Jr., 1977, 1 male (alcohol, MZSP); Rio de Janeiro, Parati, trib. to Riacho Perequê-açu, 23°12.833’S, 44°47.483’W, el. 190 m, 26.ix.2002. Blahnik, R., Prather, A., Melo, A., Froehlich, C.G. & Silva, R.; Det. Blahnik, R., UMSP 000087680, 1 male (pinned, MZSP); Rio Grande do Sul, São José dos Ausentes, 28°57’659”S, 49°87’795”W, el. 1178 m, 21.xi.2007, Melo, A. & Ferro, V., 1 male (pinned, UFBA); same data except 28°57’319”S, 49°84’292”W, el. 1250 m, 08.ii.2008, 1 male (pinned, UFBA); same data except 09.ii.2008 28°57’607”S, 49°92’000”W, el. 1250 m, 1 male (pinned, UFBA); same data except 11.xi.2007, 2 males (pinned, UFBA); same data except 28°57’319”S, 49°84’292”W, el. 1250 m, 08.iii.2008, 4 males (pinned, UFBA); same data except 28°60’407”S, 49°76’236”W, el. 1238 m, 09.iii.2008, 5 males (pinned, UFBA); Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Rio Estaleiro, 27°47’49”S, 48°33’28”W, 06–12.x.2012, Malaise trap, Parise, A., 1 male (alcohol, UFBA); same data except 12-21. X.2012, 1 male (alcohol, UFBA); same data except 27°36’35”S, 48°30’57”W, 27.ix–24.x.2012, Pinho, L. et al., 1 male (alcohol, UFBA); Grão Pará, P.E. Serra Furada, #01, 28°11’28”S, 49°23’30”W, 13.x.2012, light trap, Pinho, L., Ganzer, A., Gomes, L. & Parise, A., 1 male (alcohol, UFBA); Urubici, Cascata Avencal #30, 28°03’00”S, 49°37’02”W, 09.i.2013, light trap, Pinho, L., Novaes, M. & Haddad, M., 3 males (alcohol, UFBA); same data except Rio Canoas, #29, 28°01’41”S, 49°22’36”W, 08.i.2013, Pinho, L., Novaes, M. & Haddad, M., 1 male ( UFBA); São Paulo, Estação Biológica Boracéia, Rio Venerando, 23°39.185’S, 45°53.414’W, el. 850 m, 18– 21.ix.2002, Blahnik, R., Prather, A., Melo, A., Froehlich, C.G. & Silva, R.; Det. Blahnik, R., 2003, UMSP 000088080, 1 male (pinned, MZSP); Casa Grande, Pedreira, 15.xi.1974, Froehlich, C.G.; Det. Flint, O.S. Jr., 1977, 2 males, 1 female, (alcohol, MZSP); same data except Rib. Coruja, light, 26.i.1974, Froehlich, C.G.; Det. Flint, O.S. Jr., 1977, 3 males, 1 female (alcohol, MZSP); same except except light, 12.x.1974; Det. Flint, O.S. Jr., 1977, 1 male, 7 females (alcohol, MZSP); same data except 16.xi.1974, Froehlich, C.G; Det. Flint, O.S. Jr., 1977, 2 males, 15 females (alcohol, MZSP); same data except 03.xi.1969, light; Det. Flint, O.S. Jr., 1977, 1 male, 2 females (alcohol, MZSP); same data except Casa Grande, Pedreira, light, 13.x.1974, Froehlich, C.G.; Det. Flint, O.S. Jr., 1977, 1 male, 6 females (alcohol, MZSP); same data except Iporanga, Parque Estadual Intervales, 16.xii.1999, light, Bispo, P. & Crisci-Bispo, V., 1 male (alcohol, MZSP); same data except 08.i.2000, light, Bispo, P., Crisci- Bispo, V., 1 male (alcohol, MZSP); same data except 17.vii.1999, light, Bispo, P., Crisci-Bispo, V., 1 male (alcohol, MZSP); same data except 15.vii.1999, light, Bispo, P., Crisci-Bispo, V., 8 males (alcohol, MZSP).

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais, Paraná; Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Atopsyche (Atopsaura) sanctipauli Flint, male. 1 A, genitalia, left lateral, with inset of apex of right inferior appendage, mesal; 1 B, phallic apparatus, left lateral. 1 st article = first article of an inferior appendage; 2 nd article = second article of an inferior appendage; ae = aedeagus; beaks = beaks of the phallotheca; d proc = dorsal process of the phallotheca; IX = segment IX; lobe = lobe of the phallotheca; par = left parapod; phal = phallic apparatus; pr app = left preanal appendage; proc = proctiger.