Limnia limbata, (Wiedemann), 1819: 54

limbata (Wiedemann), 1819: 54

( Tetanocera ) [ Frey 1918: 24]

HT: ♂ “ Brasil v. Olfers.” ZMHB, 2575 [examined by Steyskal, 16.IV.1968; see Marinoni et al. 2003: 18, who did not examine the type specimen but referred to Steyskal’s notes on his examination of the male holotype]

Note 1: The species was described from three males. The specimen that Steyskal examined on 16.IV.1968 (?) bears a red label “Typus” and below that a green label “limbatus m[ihi?].” Thus it can be considered the holotype unless the other two specimens are also labeled “Typus.”

PT: 2♂ same date? ZMHB

DIST: BRAZIL (Distrito Federal; Mato Grosso; Pará; Paraíba; Paraná; Rio de Janeiro ; Rio Grande do Norte; Santa Catarina; S ã o Paulo). ECUADOR (Sucumbíos). PANAMA (Bocas del Toro). PARAGUAY (Guairá). PERU (Loreto: Boquerón). VENEZUELA (Carabobo). Map: Marinoni et al. 2003: 33, fig. 44

Note 2: The map is partly in error. The site shown for Panama is not in the province of Bocas del Toro, and the site shown for Peru is not in the department of Loreto.

Note 3: Marinoni et al. 2003: 20 listed T. limbata from the province of Napo in Ecuador, based on a specimen in USNM collected in Lago Agrio in 1978. In 1989 the new province of Sucumbíos was carved out of Napo. Lago Agrio (also known as Nueva Loja) became the capital of the new province. Thus, Lago Agrio is currently in Sucumbíos.

FIGS: Marinoni et al. 2003 (♂ genitalia; spermatheca), Savaris et al. 2019 (habitus), this paper (sternum above hind coxa)

BIOL: Abercrombie & Berg 1975. BG: 11; PG: 6

HOSTS/PREY OF LARVAE: Ten species of freshwater snails [ Aplexa marmorata , Biomphalaria helophila , B. tenagophila , B. glabrata , Drepanotrema kermatoides , Gyraulus parvus , Helisoma trivolvis , Physa gyrina , Planorbella duryi , and Stagnicola palustris ] plus Succinea meridionalis and S. pusilla

IMMATS: Abercrombie & Berg 1975 (E, L1–L3, P)

CLAD: Marinoni et al. 2003