Tupiperla guariru Duarte, Bispo & Calor, 2014, n. sp.
Creators: name: Duarte, Tácio
name: Bispo, Pitágoras C.
name: Calor, Adolfo R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Gripopterygidae
Tupiperla
Tupiperla guariru

description: Tupiperla guariru n. sp.
(Figs. 1–5)
Type material. Holotype, male: BRAZIL: Bahia: Varzedo, Serra da Jibóia, Fazenda Baixa da Areia, Córrego Cai Camarão, 12°57'39.2''S, 39°26'53.7''W, 27.VIII.2013, light trap, Calor A.R., Gomes V. and Zanata A.M. Paratypes: same data as holotype, except for: 3 males, 2 females; same data, except for: 12°57'35.9"S, 39°26'54.9"W, 28. VI.2013, light trap, Calor A.R., Medeiros A. and Gomes V., 1 male; same data, except for: 12°57'39.2"S, 39°26'53.7"W, 11. VII.2013, UV light pan trap, Calor A.R. and Duarte T., 2 males, 3 females; same data, except for: 12°57'45.5"S, 39°26'55.3"W, 27.III.2012, UV light pan trap, Quinteiro F.B., Duarte T. and Garcia I., 1 male.
Additional material: Brazil, Bahia, Amargosa, Fazenda Boqueirão Colonha, 13°08'11"S, 39°39'46"W, 544 m a.s.l., 18.VII.2009, UV light pan trap, Calor A.R. and Lecci L.S., 1 male.
Description. Tupiperla guariru n. sp. is a small to medium size species of the genus. Holotype, male: forewing length, 7.9 mm; antenna length, 6.0 mm; number of cercomeres, 12; paratypes, males (n= 7): forewing length, 6.2–8.1 mm; antenna length, 6.1–7.2 mm; number of cercomeres, 11–12; females (n= 5): forewing length, 8.0– 8.7 mm; antenna length, 7.8–9.2 mm; number of cercomeres, 11–13.
General color dark brown. Head dark brown with lighter triangular area in front of the coronal bifurcation and lighter spots laterally to the paired ocelli; in some specimens, anterior part of frons lighter; clypeus and labrum light brown; three ocelli and compound eyes black; in lighter individuals, lateral part of the head, behind compound eyes, with a distinct dark brown band; maxillary palpi 5-segmented, brown, with the last segment darker; labial palpi brown and 3-segmented; antennae brown. Thorax dark brown; pronotum with rugosities and narrower than the head; legs brown, tibia and tarsi darker; in prothoracic legs, ventral femoral spine small (most females) or absent (most males), in meso- and metathoracic legs, femoral spine present; forewing light brown with many crossveins, pterostigmatic cell without crossvein.
Male. Abdominal terga of the segments I–III mainly white, remaining segments mainly brown; tergum X with triangular white patch in the base and with small extension (figure 1); abdominal sterna brown with white patches, which vary in size with the segment; subgenital plate dark brown (Fig. 3); paraprocts dark brown, in lateral view, they expanded progressively towards the apex, which is rounded with a small pointed tooth on posterodorsal portion (Fig. 2).
Female. Abdominal segments I–VII membranous; sternum VII with two strong spots; subgenital plate sclerotized and robust, surpassing segment IX apex and reaching segment X (Figs. 4–5); segments IX and X sclerotized and dark brown.
Remarks. Tupiperla guariru has a tergum X extension similar to that of T. modesta; however, the paraprocts of both species are different. In T. guariru, the paraprocts expand progressively towards a rounded apex, with a small pointed tooth on the posterodorsal portion, whereas in T. modesta, the paraprocts are similar width throughout their length, ending in a rounded apex. Additionally, males of T. guariru have a rounded posterior subgenital plate margin, but in T. modesta this structure is pointed. Females of T. guariru lack lateral extensions of the subgenital plate, which are present in T. modesta.
Etymology. “Serra do Guariru ”, an indigenous name for the mountain range “Serra da Jibóia”, Bahia State, the region where the specimens were collected. The word “ Guariru ” means water reservoir in the Tupi language. The name is used as a noun in apposition.
description: Published as part of Duarte, Tácio, Bispo, Pitágoras C. & Calor, Adolfo R., 2014, A new species of Tupiperla Froehlich, 1969 (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) from Serra da Jibóia, Bahia, Brazil, pp. 140-144 in Zootaxa 3835 (1) on page 141, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/230373