The Plecoptera of Panama. I. The stonefly fauna of Mount Totumas Cloud Forest and Biological Reserve, including a new country record

Authors

Brian J. Armitage, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudio de la Salud
Bill P. Stark, Mississippi College

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2017

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0537: 1–7

Comments

Published in 2016 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

The Republic of Panama currently has 21 recorded species of stoneflies, all in the genus Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae). Herein, we record five species of this genus from the Mount Totumas Cloud Forest and Biological Reserve, in the upper reaches of the Río Chiriquí Viejo watershed. One of these species, A. plutonis (Banks), represents a new country record for Panama. These results are part of an ongoing effort to characterize the aquatic insect fauna of Panama, and to evaluate that country’s major watersheds.