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Chimarra (Curgia) banksi (Ulmer)
Wormaldia mediana Banks, 1905:18 [preoccupied].
Wormaldia banksi Ulmer, 1907:198 [new name for Wormaldia mediana Banks 1905]; 1913:405.—Navás, 1924:75.—Betten, 1934:170.—Fischer, 1961:32.
Chimarra (Curgia) banksi (Ulmer).—Flint, 1967b:3.—Maes and Flint, 1988:3.—Holzenthal, 1988:57.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Holotype, male: NICARAGUA [DPTO. CHINANDEGA], Chinandega, Baker, MCZ Type 11826.
COSTA RICA, PCIA. ALAJUELA, Río Pizote, ~5 km N Dos Ríos, 10.948°N, 85.291°W, 470 m, 9 Mar 1986, Holzenthal and Fasth, 3, 1 (UMSP); same, but 5 km (air) S Brasilia, 10.972°N, 85.345°W, 390 m, 12 Mar 1986, 52, 6 (INBIO, NMNH). Cerro Campana, ~6 km (air) NW Dos Ríos, 10.9°N, 85.4°W, 640 m, 15–16 Mar 1986, Holzenthal and Fasth, 2 (UMSP). Río Bochinche trib., 6 km (air) NW Dos Ríos, 10.945°N, 85.413°W, 600 m, 22–23 Jul 1987, Holzenthal et al., 1 (UMSP). PCIA. GUANACASTE, Parque Nacional Guanacaste, Río Orosí, Estación Pitilla, 10.991°N, 85.428°W, 700 m, 19–20 Jun 1988, C.M. and O.S. Flint, Jr., 18, 112; same, but 22–25 May 1990, Holzenthal and Blahnik, 2 (UMSP); same, but Río Tempisquito, Estación Maritza, 10.958°N, 85.497°W, 550 m, 19–20 Jul 1987, Holzenthal et al., 1 (UMSP); same, but 30–31 Aug 1990, 1 (INBIO). Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Quebrada San Emilio, 10.862°N, 85.610°W, 300 m, 27 Jun 1986, Holzenthal et al., 1 (UMSP); same, but Quebrada Guacimo, 10.877°N, 85.589°W, 255 m, 24 Jun 1986, 1 (NMNH). Río Góngora (sulfur mine), 4 km (air) NE Queb. Grande, 10.887°N, 85.470°W, 590 m, 21 Jul 1987, Holzenthal et al., 5, 11 (UMSP). PCIA. HEREDIA, Río Bijagual on road to Magsasay, 10.408°N, 84.076°W, 140 m, 12 Feb 1986, Holzenthal et al., 3, 13 (INBIO, UMSP). PCIA. PUNTARENAS, Río Camaronal, Estación Sirena, Parque Nacional Corcovado, 8.482°N, 83.589°W, 30 m, 13 Apr 1989, Holzenthal et al., 3, 3 (UMSP). Río Jaba at rock quarry, 1.4 km (air) W Las Cruces, 8.79°N, 82.97°W, 1150 m, 15 Mar 1991, Holzenthal et al., 2 (INBIO, UMSP). Quebrada Bonita, Reserva Biologica Carara, 9.775°N, 84.605°W, 35 m, 18–20 May 1990, Holzenthal et al., 1, 1 (UMSP); same, but 11 Mar 1991, 1, 5 (NMNH); same, but Río Carara, 4.3 km (rd.) E Costanera Sur, 9.810°N, 84.572°W, 20 m, 12 Mar 1991, 1, 1 (INBIO). Golfito, 25–28 Apr 1965, S.S. and W.D. Duckworth, 2, 2. 2.8 mi [4.5 km] E Golfito, 18–19 Jul 1967, O.S. Flint, Jr, 1. Quebrada Pita, ~3 km (air) W Golfito, 8.642°N, 83.193°W, 15 m, 15 Feb 1986, Holzenthal et al., 1 (UMSP). PCIA. SAN JOS, Río del Sur, 1.5 km (rd.) S Carara, Reserva Biologica Carara, 9.769°N, 84.521°W, 160 m, 13 May 1991, Holzenthal et al., 2, 6 (UMSP); same, but Río Carara, in Carara, 9.778°N, 84.531°W, 200 m, 14 Mar 1991, 1, 17 (INBIO). Río Negro, 3.5 km SE jct. route 239, 9.680°N, 84.394°W, 230 m, 21 Mar 1986, Holzenthal et al., 10, 31 (INBIO, NMNH, UMSP).
HONDURAS [DPTO. ATLANTIDA], Lancetilla, Aug, Stadelmann, 5 (MCZ). DPTO. OLANCHO, Río Agua Amarillo, Pacayal, 5 km S El Carbón, 27 Jul 1989, Lentz and Lopez, 1, 1.
PANAMA [PCIA. CHIRIQUI], Río Caimito, 10 mi N David, 4 Jul 1967, Flint and Ortiz, 1.
ETYMOLOGY.—Patronym in honor of Nathan Banks, the noted North American specialist on Trichoptera and other neuropteroids.
- 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
