Simothraulopsis demerara (Traver, 1947)

Orlando, Thales Yann, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Boldrini, Rafael & Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2021, Updated records for Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) and a new species of Thraulodes Ulmer, 1920 from Tocantins State, Northern Brazil, Zootaxa 5076 (1), pp. 39-55 : 45

Simothraulopsis demerara (Traver, 1947)

Distribution. Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil (Roraima, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Maranhão, Ceará, Piauí, Tocantins, Acre, Pernambuco, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Bahia, Goiás, Espírito Santo, Paraná), Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Tocantins, Pedro Afonso, rio Sono , 9°3’49”S / 48°6’15”W, 11-12.x.2018, white sheet light trap, Krolow, T . K. and team cols. (3♂, CEUFT); Palmas, distrito de Taquaruçu do Porto , fazenda Buritizal, 10°17’9”S / 48°3’13”W, 28.iii.2018, white sheet light trap, Fernandes, A.S. and team cols. (1♂, CEUFT) .

Remarks. The species was previously recorded in Tocantins state by Boldrini & Krolow (2017). It was originally described from French Guiana and Surinam and is widely distributed in the north and northeast of Brazil reaching the state of Paraná ( Nascimento et al. 2017; Faria & Salles 2019). It was found in two sites in areas with Cerrado influence.