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Chimarra (Curgia) fittkaui Flint
Chimarra (Curgia) fittkaui Flint, 1971:22.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—BRAZIL [EDO. AMAZONAS], Rio Marauiá, Endstation vor langer Cachoeira, Fluss tritt hier aus dem Gebirge mit starkem Gefålle, 28 Jan 1963, E.J. Fittkau (A-502), holotype, paratype.
GUYANA, Moco Moco River, Kanuku Mts., 30 km E Lethem, 3°18.2′N, 59°38.9′W, 29 Apr 1995, O.S. Flint, Jr., 8, 3 (NMNH, UGGG); same, but 3–6 Apr 1994, W.N. Mathis, 1.
ETYMOLOGY.—Patronym in honor of E.J. Fittkau, dipterist, who collected the type series.
- 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
