Tupiperla gracilis (Burmeister)

Froehlich, Claudio G., 2016, Tupiperla (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) from southwestern Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with the description of Tupiperla amorimi n. sp., Zootaxa 4103 (2), pp. 174-176 : 176

Tupiperla gracilis (Burmeister)

Semblis gracilis Burmeister 1839: 876 .

Tupiperla gracilis, Froehlich 2010: 138 .

Material. Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Cabo Verde, Fazenda da Cata, 598m, 21°27’11”S, 46°20’53”W, 1 male, 2 females, 23 September–15 October 2006, Malaise trap in forest, Amorim, Ribeiro, Falaschi, Oliveira; 1 male, 2 females, 7–23 November 2006, Malaise trap, Amorim, Falaschi, Ribeiro, Oliveira; 1 female, 24 November 2006, Malaise trap in forest, Amorim, Ribeiro, Falaschi, Oliveira; 2 males, 15–19 June 2007, at lights in forest; 2 females, 15–19 June 2007, sweeping in forest, Amorim, Oliveira, Capellari; 2 females, 19 June–1 August 2007, Malaise trap in forest, Amorim, Oliveira, Capellari; 1 female, 13 October–28 December 2007, Malaise trap in forest, Amorim, Oliveira, Capellari. Minas Gerais State, Cabo Verde, Pedregal, 21°28'06"S, 46°24'13"W, 920m, 1 male, 2–5 November 2006, at lights, Amorim, Falaschi, Oliveira.

Remarks. This was one of the first three stonefly species described from Brazil by Burmeister (1839), the other two being Perla polita and P. dilaticollis , now in placed in Anacroneuria ( Froehlich 2010) . Tupiperla gracilis is known from the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and is locally common.