Miroculis (Miroculis) fittkaui Savage & Peters, 1983

Rodrigues, Jackson A. O., Nascimento, Stênio R. S., Raimundi, Erikcsen A. & Lima, Lucas R. C., 2023, New species and new records of Miroculis Edmunds, 1963 (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Chacoan Domain in northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5230 (1), pp. 27-47 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5230.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7550473
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scientific name	Miroculis (Miroculis) fittkaui Savage & Peters, 1983
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Miroculis (Miroculis) fittkaui Savage & Peters, 1983 View in CoL

Miroculis (Miroculis) fittkaui Savage & Peters, 1983: 529 View in CoL (male and female imago); Savage, 1983: 130; Savage, 1987: 103 (male); Salles et al. 2010: 306; Salles & Lima, 2011: 58; Lima et al. 2012: 311; Massariol, Soares & Salles, 2014: 370; Campos et al. 2016: 310; Gama Neto et al. 2018: 36; Costa et al. 2018: 4.

Distribution. Suriname and Venezuela. Brazil: Bahia ( Campos et al. 2016), Espírito Santo ( Salles et al. 2010), Pará ( Savage & Peters 1983), Pernambuco ( Lima et al. 2012) and Roraima ( Gama Neto et al. 2018).

Material examined. Two Ô imagos Brazil, Piauí State, Batalha municipality, Longá River, Pedra Dela , S3°54′51.7″, W42º06′37.8″, 68m, 10.xii.2015, Lima, L. R GoogleMaps . C. col. ( CEHJ). One Ô imago Brazil, Piauí State, Alto Longá municipality, Cachoeira da Campeira , S5°11′45.1′′, W42°15′33.9′′, 177m, 04.iii.2015, Lima, L. R GoogleMaps . C. col. ( CEHJ). One Ô imago Brazil, Piauí State, Piripiri municipality, Cachoeira do Bota-fora , S4°12′51.1′′, W41°40′01.7′′, 162m, 14.x.2017, Lima, L. R GoogleMaps . C. col. ( CEHJ); same data except Five Ô imagos, 10.ii.2018. Seven Ô imagos Brazil, Piauí State, Barras municipality, Longá River , near bridge at PI-110, S4°12′08.4′′, W42°14′21.2′′, 74m, 18.iv.2017, Lima, L. R GoogleMaps . C col. ( CEHJ). One Ô imago Brazil, Piauí State, Piripiri municipality, Cachoeira do Botafora , S4°12′51.1′′, W41°40′01.7′′, 162m, 14.x.2017, Lima, L. R GoogleMaps . C. col. ( CEHJ). One Ô imago Brazil, Piauí State, Piripiri municipality, Cachoeira das Tuncas , Povoado Corrente , S04⁰25 ′28.5′′, W41⁰38 ′35.2′′, 269m, 29.vi.2019, Lima, L. R GoogleMaps . C. col. ( CEHJ). Two Ô imagos Brazil, Piauí State, Pedro II municipality, Riacho Samambaia, acima da Cachoeira do Urubu Rei , S04°19′40.6′′, W41°27′46.4′′, 501m, 18.vi.2022, Lima, L. R GoogleMaps .C col. ( CEHJ).

Comments. The specimens examined fit well with the descriptions given by Savage & Peters (1983) and Savage (1987). Adults and nymphs were collected in stream segments with altitude ranging from 160 to 500 m a.s.l. and with weak current, associated with substrate with leaves deposited on the bottom, in patches of dense and humid forest. The emergence of some adults was observed at 15:00. With this study, M. fittkaui is reported for the first time from Piauí State.