Sepedonea canabravana, Knutson & Bredt, 1976: 114

canabravana Knutson & Bredt, 1976: 114 View in CoL

HT: ♂ Brazil, Goiás, Rio Preto , 70 km northeast of Brasília, 20 km south of Formosa, 21.X.1974, L. Knutson. Lost. Neotype designation needed.

Note:According to Knutson & Bredt (1976), the holotype was deposited in the MZUSP; however, according to Carlos José Einicker Lamas (in litt. 3 September 2019 to WLM) at MZUSP, it was never 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. MZ052917.

AT: ♀ Brazil, Goiás, Rio Preto , 70 km northeast of Brasília, 20 km south of Formosa, 7.XI.1974, Bredt & Knutson. MZUSP

PT: ♂ Brazil, Goiás, Rio Preto , 70 km northeast of Brasília, 20 km south of Formosa, 7.XI.1974, Bredt & Knutson; 9♂ 17♀ Brazil, Goiás, Rio Preto , 70 km northeast of Brasília, 20 km south of Formosa, 8.IX.1974, Bredt & Knutson; 1♂ Lagoa de Pedra (erroneously reported as “ Lagoa Preta ” in Knutson & Bredt 1976) west of Rio Cana Brava , 160 km northeast of Brasília on Brasília-Fortaleza Highway (BR-020), 25.IV.1974 (D. Barbosa). Paratypes in MZUSP and USNM. The paratype material was, in part, recorded incorrectly in Freidberg et al. 1991.

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

FIGS: Freidberg et al. 1991 (hind coxa, ♂ sternites, distiphallus, posterior surstyli, ♀ synsternum), Marinoni & Mathis 2006 (surstylus; spermatheca), Savaris et al. 2019 (habitus)

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