Anacroneuria minuta Klapalek 1922
Creators: name: Rippel, Mellis Layra Soares
name: Novaes, Marcos Carneiro
name: Krolow, Tiago Kütter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Perlidae
Anacroneuria
Anacroneuria minuta

description: Anacroneuria minuta Klapálek 1922   
Figs. 3 A–3B.  
 Anacroneuria minuta Klapálek 1922: 89. Illies 1966: 319; Kimmins 1970: 345; Ribeiro-Ferreira & Froehlich 2001: 188; Froehlich 2002: 80; Ribeiro & Rafael 2009: 2; Ribeiro & Gorayeb 2014: 23; Ribeiro & Gorayeb 2016: 434.   
 Material examined. BRA, TO, municipality of Palmas, Taquaruçú do Porto, Fazenda Buritizal, Córrego Buritizal, (-10.28667222, -48.05347222), light trap, 1 male, 28–29.iii.2018, TKK, (CEUFT). BRA, TO, municipality of Palmas, Taquaruçú do Porto, Roncadeira, Ribeirão Taquaruçuzinho, (-10.303639, -8.138861), Pennsylvania trap, 1 female and 1 male, 17–20.x.2017, MLSR, ASF, (CEUFT), 1 male, 18–19.x.2017, MLSR, ASF, (CEUFT), 1 male, 19–20.x.2017, MLSR, ASF, (CEUFT). BRA, TO, municipality of Palmas, Taquaruçú do Porto, Fazenda Encantada, Ribeirão Taquaruçú Grande, (-10.244856, -48.123867), Pennsylvania trap, 1 female, 29.viii.2017, TKK, (CEUFT), 1 male, 30.viii.2017, TKK, (CEUFT). BRA, TO, municipality of Palmas, Taquaruçú do Porto, Cachoeira do Evilson, Ribeirão Taquaruçú Grande, (-10.23193, -48.123289), light trap, 3 females, 29–30.viii.2017, TKK, (CEUFT), 3 females and 2 males, 18–19.x.2017, MLSR, ASF, (CEUFT), 6 females and 8 males, 19– 20.x.2017, MLSR, ASF, (CEUFT); light pan trap, 2 females, 19–22.x.2017, TKK, (CEUFT). BRA, TO, municipality of Palmas, Taquaruçú do Porto, Vale do Vai Quem Quer, Ribeirão São João (-10.394327, - 48.132334), Pennsylvania trap, 1 female and 2 males, 13–14.xi.2017, TKK, (CEUFT), 1 female and 1 male, 15– 16.xi.2017, TKK, (CEUFT), 1 female, 15–16.xi.2017, TKK, (CLBA); Malaise trap, 1 female and 1 male, 13– 16.xi.2017, TKK, (CEUFT); light trap, 1 female and 2 males, 1 3–14.xi.2017, TKK, (CEUFT), 1 female, 13– 14.xi.2017, TKK, (INPA), 10 females and 11 males, 14–15.xi.2017, TKK, (CEUFT), 2 males, 14–15.xi.2017, TKK, (INPA), 2 males, 1 4–15.xi.2017, TKK, (CLBA); light pan trap, 1 female and 6 males, 13–14.xi.2017, TKK, (CEUFT), 3 males, 14–15.xi.2017, TKK, (CEUFT).   
 Measurements data. Female forewing: 10–16.2 mm, n= 33; male forewing: 9–10.9 mm, n= 45.   
 Remarks. The females studied here lack a distinct lateral stripe on the pronotum (Fig. 3A) as indicated in Ribeiro & Rafael (2009). Additionally, the head of the adult female of A. minuta in Ribeiro & Rafael (2009) is shown to be oval shaped, wider than long. In our specimens the head is longer than wide (Fig. 3A). The egg is elongate oval (Fig. 3B), 0.218 x 0.37. This species was previously recorded from Amazonas and Pará states and new records of A. minuta are presented above for Tocantins State.
description: Published as part of Rippel, Mellis Layra Soares, Novaes, Marcos Carneiro & Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2019, First records of the genus Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Tocantins State, Brazil and description of a new species, pp. 355-364 in Zootaxa 4560 (2) on pages 360-361, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/2627721