University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida 1-9-2015 New distributional records for Neotropical spongillafl ies N( europtera: Sisyridae) David E. Bowles Missouri State University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Bowles, David E., "New distributional records for Neotropical spongillafl ies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae)" (2015). Insecta Mundi. 921. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/921 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. INSECTA MUNDI A Journal of World Insect Systematics 0400 New distributional records for Neotropical spongillafl ies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) David E. 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Bowles National Park Service Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network c/o Department of Biology Missouri State University 901 South National Ave. Springfi eld, MO 65897 USA [email protected] Abstract. Distributional data are presented for Neotropical spongillafl ies (Sisyridae). New country records from Uruguay are presented for Climacia carpenteri Parfi n and Gurney, C. insolita Flint, C. versicolor Flint. Climacia desordentata Monserrat is synonymized with Climacia basalis Banks, NEW SYNONOMY. For the fi rst time, Sisyra apicalis Banks is reported from Guatemala, Suriname, and Uruguay, and S. panama Parfi n and Gurney is reported from Peru. Additional distributional data are presented for other species. Key words. Neuroptera, Sisyridae, Climacia, Sisyra, Neotropics Introduction The distribution of Neotropical spongillafl ies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) is becoming increasingly better known. The monograph on sisyrids published by Parfi n and Gurney (1956) provided the most substantial description of the Neotropical fauna to date. Subsequently, the works of Penny (1981, 2002), Penny and Rafael (1982), Flint (1998, 2006), and Monserrat (2005) described additional species and added distributional records. Monserrat (2005) found female syntypes of Climacia basalis Navás in Barcelona (Museu de Zoologia) as well as another 10 specimens in Berlin (Zoologisches Museum, Museum für Naturkunde) with identical data, including males. Since C. basalis Navás from Brazil and C. basalis Banks from Brazil and Guyana are homonyms, Monserrat (2005) renamed the Navás species C. desordenata considering it a valid species. Flint (2006), however, synonymized C. basalis Navás with C. basalis Banks because the male of the latter species is unknown and the wing patterns of the two species cannot be distinguished. Based on this synonymy, records of C. desordenata Monserrat, NEW SYNONYMY, are attributable to C. basalis Banks. Monserrat (2005) also established Sisyra nocturna Navás as a synonym of S. apicalis Banks, and he provided a distributional record for this species from Brazil. Monserrat (2005) also reported distributional records for C. californica Chandler (Mexico), C. townesi Parfi n and Gurney (Brazil), and S. elongata Penny and Rafael (Brazil). Despite those studies, the sisyrid fauna of the Neotropics remains relatively poorly described. Prior to this study, there are no reported occurrences of spongillafl ies from Belize, El Salvador, and Guatemala in Central America, or from Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana or Uruguay in South America. There are no occurrence records from the Galápagos Islands or Falkland Islands as well. Distributional data for spongillafl ies in the Caribbean also are scant. Although S. apicalis Banks is known from the Cay- man Islands, and S. apicalis Banks and C. antillana Alayo are known from Cuba (Banks 1908; Parfi n and Gurney 1956; Alayo 1968), there are no known occurrences of spongillafl ies from Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, or the Lesser Antilles. Recently, I examined spongillafl ies from several museum collections that yielded several new country records for these insects in the Neotropics as well as new distributional information for countries where species were previously reported. Those records and an assessment of diversity among spongillafl ies and freshwater sponge hosts in the Neotropics are presented in this paper. 1 2 • INSECTA MUNDI 0400, January 2015 BOWLES Methods and Materials I examined adult spongillafl ies from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (NMNH), and the Florida State Collection of Ar- thropods (FSCA). Several of the spongillafl ies were sorted from bulk blacklight trap samples belonging to the FSCA. Genitalia were removed and cleared in room temperature, saturated NaOH until internal structures could be seen with magnifi cation. Genitalia were rinsed in 70 percent ethanol, stored in a genitalia vial with glycerin, and mounted on the pin below the specimen or stored in the vial. Data contained within brackets [ ] was added by the author. Results I report distributional records for eight species of spongillafl ies from Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay. The specimens from Guatemala and Uruguay represent the fi rst report of spongillafl ies from those countries. The record of Sisyra apicalis from Su- riname represents the fi rst report of the genus and species from that country. I also present a list of the species of Sisyridae known from southern Mexico, Central and South America (Table 1). Climacia carpenteri Parfi n and Gurney, 1956 This species previously was reported from Brazil, and Paraguay (Parfi n and Gurney 1956; Flint 1998, 2006; Monserrat 2005). González Olazo (1983) published a new distributional record for C. carpenteri Parfi n and Gurney from Argentina, but Monserrat (2005) showed this record was a misidentifi