Faunistic Catalog of the Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of Parque Nacional do Itatiaia and its Surroundings in Southeastern Brazil

Abstract

The Atlantic Forest is considered one of the world's biological diversity hotspots, and is increasingly threatened by the rapid destruction and fragmentation of its natural areas. The caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Itatiaia massif, an Atlantic Forest highland area, are inventoried and cataloged here. The catalog is based on examination of bibliographies, field work on many localities of Itatiaia massif (including Parque Nacional do Itatiaia — PNI), and the entomological collection Professor José Alfredo Pinheiro Dutra (DZRJ), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. A total of 92 species are recorded, representing about 17% of the known Brazilian Trichoptera fauna. Leptoceridae, Hydropsychidae, and Philopotamidae are the families most represented. The high species richness, as well as the remarkable patterns of species distribution, may be related to the characteristics of Mantiqueira mountain range.

Two new species and a new distributional record of Alterosa (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from southeastern Brazil

“…Although most species of the genus Alterosa have fairly restricted distributions in pristine Atlantic Forest streams, A. falcata Blahnik (2005) can be considered one of the few exceptions. Originally described from several locations in Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states (Blahnik, 2005), its distribution was extended to other areas of these states (Dumas et al, 2009;Dumas & Nessimian, 2012). Herein, we record this species for the first time from Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil.…”

Catalog of the Neotropical Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

“…Argentina (Angrisano and Sganga 2007, Angrisano 1995c, Brand 2009, Flint, 1982c, Isa Miranda and Rueda Martín 2014, Mangeaud 1996, Manzo et al, 2014, Muzón et al, 2005); Brazil (Almeida and Marinoni 2000, Barcelos-Silva et al 2012, Blahnik et al 2004, Calor 2011, Costa et al 2014, Dumas and Nessimian 2012, Dumas et al, 2009, Dumas et al, 2010, Flint 1992d, Marinoni and Almeida 2000, Moretto and Bispo 2015, Nogueira and Cabette 2011, Oliveira and Froehlich 1997, Paprocki and França 2014, Paprocki et al 2004, Quinteiro et al 2014, Speis and Forehlich 2009, Souza et al, 2013a); Caribbean Islands (Botosaneanu 2002); Chile (Flint 1974e, Rojas 2006, Schmid 1952); Colombia (Flint 1991, Medellín et al, 2004, Muñoz-Quesada 2000, Rincón-Hernández 1999); Costa Rica (Holzenthal 1988c, Muñoz-Quesada 1999, Springer 2010); Cuba (Botosaneanu 1977, 1979, 1980, Flint 1996c, González Lazo et al 2005, Kumanski 1987, López del Castillo et al, 2004, 2007, Naranjo López and González Lazo 2005); Curaçao (Flint 1992a); Dominican Republic (Botosaneanu 1995, 1996, Flint and Sykora 2004, Wichard 1987, 2007a, b); Grenada (Flint and Sykora 1993); Guadaloupe (Botosaneanu 1994a, 2000); Haiti (Botosaneanu 1991a); Hispaniola (Flint and Pérez-Gelabert 1999, Pérez-Gelabert 2008); Jamaica (Botosaneanu and Hyslop 1998, 1999, Botosaneanu and Thomas 2004, Flint 1968a, Malicky 1999); Lesser Antilles (Flint 1968b, Malicky 1983); Martinique (Botosaneanu and Thomas 2005, Botosaneanu 1988, 1989a); Mexico (Banks 1901, Bueno-Soria and B...…”

Brazilian Trichoptera Checklist II

“…Mosely 1933 , Blahnik et al 2004 , Dumas and Nessimian 2012 , Barcelos-Silva et al 2012 , Souza et al 2013a , Costa et al 2014…”