Sepedonea barbosai, Knutson & Bredt, 1976: 114

barbosai Knutson & Bredt, 1976: 114 View in CoL

HT: ♂ Brazil, Goiás, Lagoa de Pedra , west of Rio Cana Brava , 160 km NE Brasília on Brasilia-Fortaleza Highway (BR-020), 30.X.1974, L. Knutson & A. Bredt. Lost. Lectotype designation needed.

Note 1: According to Knutson & Bredt (1976), the holotype was deposited in the MZUSP; however, according to Carlos José Einicker Lamas (MZUSP) (in litt. 3 September 2019 to WLM), it has never been deposited there. Luciane Marinoni (in litt. 17 September 2019 to WLM) stated that the type was in the DZUP and that she planned to return it to the MZUSP in October 2019. As of 28 June 2022 it had not been returned to the MZUSP. MZ052918.

AT: ♀ Brazil, Goiás, Lagoa de Pedra , west of Rio Cana Brava , 160 km NE Brasília on Brasilia-Fortaleza Highway (BR-020), 9.I.1974, D. Barbosa, MZUSP

PT: 14♂ 6♀ same locality but 23.X.1974 and 30.X.1974; 1♀ Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Lagoa Paranoã , 5.X.1974, Knutson & Bredt; Paratypes in MZUSP and USNM

Note 2: The type material was recorded incorrectly in Freidberg et al. 1991.

DIST: BRAZIL (Distrito Federal; Goiás; Minas Gerais). Maps: Freidberg et al. 1991, Ciprandi Pires et al. 2008, Ciprandi Pires & Marinoni 2010

Note 3: Marinoni & Mathis 2006: 51 noted that S. barbosai occurs in Minas Gerais but did not provide a specific locality.

FIGS: Freidberg et al. 1991 (♂ sternites, distiphallus, posterior surstyli; ♀ synsternum), Marinoni & Mathis 2006 (surstylus; spermatheca)

BIOL: Bredt & Mello 1978 (life cycle), Mello & Bredt 1978b (phenology). BG: 11; PG: 6

HOSTS/PREY OF LARVAE: Biomphalaria glabrata , B. tenagophila , B. straminea , Helisoma trivolvis , Lymnaea sp. , and Physa sp.

IMMATS: Unknown