Chimarra ( Chimarrita ) akantha Blahnik 1997

Desidério, Gleison Robson, Barcelos-Silva, Patrik & Hamada, Neusa, 2018, New species, records, and immature stages of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from Campos Amazônicos National Park, northern Brazil, Zootaxa 4500 (2), pp. 258-270 : 260-261

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4500.2.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:499EE392-D9DF-4744-B86B-52D1E7242B94
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038787CB-0C0E-FFCB-D2D4-F87D6675FDEB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chimarra ( Chimarrita ) akantha Blahnik 1997
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Chimarra ( Chimarrita) akantha Blahnik 1997 View in CoL

Chimarra ( Chimarrita) akantha Blahnik 1997: 219 View in CoL ( Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas , Res. Ducke, 26 km E Manaus; MZUSP;

♂; ♀; in the C. simpliciforma View in CoL Group); Paprocki & França 2014: 73 (checklist); Holzenthal & Calor 2017: 371 (catalog).

Material examined. BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manicoré, Campos Amazônicos National Park, Igarapé da Onça , 08°37'50.6''S, 61°25'53.4''W, 138 m a.s.l., 6 males, vii–viii.2017, N. Hamada, G. R GoogleMaps . Desidério, P. V . Cruz, J.O. Silva legs., Malaise trap ( INPA) .

Known distribution. BRAZIL (Amazonas).

Remarks. This species differs from all other species in the C. simpliciforma Group due to the lobes of tergum X being narrow and widely separated basally; inferior appendages, in lateral view, each wide at apex and shallowly incised, with subequal dorsal and ventral lobes; and the phallus with numerous short, sclerous internal spines.

Chimarra ( Chimarrita) akantha was previously known only from the type locality ( Manaus, Reserva Ducke). With the specimens collected in the present study, the species distribution is extended to the southern-most part of Amazonas state .