Comprehensive Description
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Chimarra (Curgia) boraceia
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Holotype, male: BRAZIL, EDO. SÃO PAULO, Reserva Casa Grande, Corrego da Pedreira, 18 Jul 1969, C.G. Froehlich (#123). MZUSP Type.
Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 8 (MZUSP, NMNH); same, but 21 Jul 1967 (102), 4 (MZUSP); same, but 15 Oct 1969 (121), 1 (MZUSP); same, but 7 Dec 1969 (127), 5 (MZUSP); same, but 3 Apr 1977, C.M. and O.S. Flint, Jr., 1; same, but Ribeirão Venerando, 3 Apr 1977, 1; same, but Ribeirão Coruja, 26 Jan 1974, C.G. Froehlich (292), 5 (MZUSP, NMNH); same, but 12 Oct 1974 (391), 5, 1 (MZUSP); same, but 16 Nov 1974 (401), 1 (MZUSP). Estação Biológica de Paranapiacaba, Serra do Mar, ∼40 km SE São Paulo, 17 Sep 1963, C.G. Froehlich (33), 1 (MZUSP); same, but 10 Jun 1964 (47), 1 (NMNH).
ETYMOLOGY.—Based on the name of the Boraceia biological preserve.
- bibliographic citation
- Flint, Oliver S., Jr. 1998. "Studies of Neotropical Caddisflies, LIII: A Taxonomic Revision of the Subgenus Curgia of the Genus Chimarra (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-131. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.594
