Atopsyche ( Atopsyche ) vatucra Ross, 1953

Rázuri-Gonzales, Ernesto & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2025, The genus Atopsyche (Trichoptera, Hydrobiosidae) in Peru, with the description of seven new species, ZooKeys 1263, pp. 441-478 : 441-478

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17885685
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scientific name	Atopsyche ( Atopsyche ) vatucra Ross, 1953
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Treatment

Atopsyche ( Atopsyche) vatucra Ross, 1953 View in CoL

Atopsyche ( Atopsyche) vatucra Ross, 1953: 290 [Type locality: Peru, Dpto. Cuzco, Pcia. Paucartambo, Cosnipata Valley; INHS; ♂]. Flint 1996: 379 [distribution]. View in CoL

Material examined.

Peru • 2 ♂ 1 ♀; Pasco, small creek in Yanachaga-Chemillén NP buffer zone, San Daniel sector ; 10.4278°S, 75.4732°W, 2134 m a. s. l.; 17 Jun. 2010; E. Rázuri, C. Carranza leg.; light trap; MUSM GoogleMaps . • 1 ♂; same data as preceding, but 16 Nov. 2010; C. Carranza, J. Peralta leg.; MUSM GoogleMaps . • 2 ♂; same data as preceding, but 17 Nov. 2010; MUSM GoogleMaps . • 5 ♂ 1 ♀; same data as preceding, but 03 May 2011; C. Carranza, M. Alvarado, L. Figueroa leg.; MUSM GoogleMaps . • 5 ♂ 2 ♀; same data as preceding, but 04 May 2011; MUSM GoogleMaps .

Distribution.

Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru ( Cuzco Department, Pasco Department), Venezuela.

Remarks.

Atopsyche vatucra was originally described from an unspecified locality in the Cosñipata Valley, Cuzco, Peru ( Ross 1953), and subsequently reported from additional sites within the valley ( Flint 1996). This species has also been documented in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela ( UMSP; GBIF. org 2025). In this study, we report this species from the San Daniel sector in the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park buffer zone, located approximately 500 km northwest of previously known localities for this species in Peru.