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Chimarra (Curgia) scopula Flint
Chimarra (Curgia) scopula Flint, 1974: 18.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—SURINAME, Suriname River, Kabelstation, river bank in leaves, 25 Sep 1938, D.C. Geijskes, 4 paratypes.
VENEZUELA, EDO. BARINAS, Río Santo Domingo, Barinas, 17 Feb 1976, C.M. and O.S. Flint, Jr., 1. EDO. BOLIVAR, Río Caroni at Paso Caruachi, 9 Feb 1976, C.M. and O.S. Flint, Jr., 12, 101. Río Caroni, Parque Llovizna, Ciudad Guyana, 13 Feb 1976, C.M. and O.S. Flint, Jr., 41 26. Río Cuyuni, El Dorado, 10 Feb 1976, C.M. and O.S. Flint, Jr., 3.
ETYMOLOGY.—From the Latin scopula (“small broom”), in allusion to the brushes of the eighth tergum.
- 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
