Eleven new species of Sericostomatoidea from Madagascar (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae, Petrothrincidae, Sericostomatidae)
Author
Johanson, Kjell Arne
Author
Oláh, János
text
Zootaxa
2006
1205
1
30
journal article
50790
10.5281/zenodo.172376
54e48000-e28d-42b8-993e-d39b4923683f
11755326
172376
Petrothrincus tsaratananensis
,
new species
Figs 17–19
,
28–31
,
59
This new species is very close to
P. steineri
,
P. weaveri
,
P. newidop
,
new species
, and
P. andring
,
new species
, in genitalia, especially in having a 3branched gonocoxite.
P. tsaratananensis
is, however, unique and easily distinguished from the others by having interantennal setal warts on the head slightly produced; IXth tergum well defined but short; apex of apical lobe of Xth tergum well developed, short, and not bifid; gonocoxite branches of characteristic shape; and, in ventral view, the median margins of the gonocoxite running parallel; the three pairs of spineshaped phallic sclerites approximately equal in length; the phallus slightly more angled; and the posterior apex of the phallic guide more rectangular and with incisions on the posterior apex.
Male head and thorax (
Figs 17–19
). Scape about
3x
as long as wide (
Fig. 17
). Maxillary palp (
Fig. 18
) 5segmented, 1st segment
2x
longer than wide, 2nd segment about as long as 3rd segment and as long as wide, 3rd segment shortest, 4th segment
2x
longer than 1st segment, 5th segment as long as 3rd and 4th together. Labial palp (
Fig. 19
) about as long as maxillary palp segments 1–4 together. Interantennal warts close to each others and slightly produced anteriorly (
Fig. 17
), cephalic warts reniform, postocular warts long vertical. Pronotum narrow with small, oval lateral setal warts and median setal warts about
2x
longer than lateral setal warts.
Male wings. Forewing length
5 mm
, hind wing length 3.8 mm. Denuded wing membrane pale flavous with pale helveus veins. Venation typical. Discoidal cell 1.7x longer than wide. Subcosta and, particularly, radius on forewing and subcosta on hind wing strongly thickened. Pterostigmal area enlarged and well pigmented.
Male genitalia (
Figs 28–31
). Anterior margin of segment IX (
Fig. 28
) bluntly triangular, almost semicircular, anterodorsal and anteroventral margins about equally strongly concave, posterior margin concave with a triangular upper lobe in lateral aspect (
Fig. 28
). IXth tergum very short (
Fig. 28
). Xth tergum, dorsal view (
Fig. 29
) triangular basally, a short apical lobe with rounded apex and 2 short apical setae; lateral view (
Fig. 28
) apical lobe curving slightly downward. Superior appendage of segment X broader towards truncate apex, digitate with large tubercles along posterior margin (
Fig. 28
) and with long setae basally supported by a wide, dorsal plate (
Fig. 29
). Gonocoxite tripartite distally and generally oriented dorsally (
Fig. 28
), dorsal branch slightly curving posteriorly and with rounded apex; middle branch longer than dorsal branch, more strongly pointed apically and bent ventrally; ventral branch short, wide and rounded apically; in ventral view (
Fig. 31
) with long median margin of gonocoxite. Phallic guide posteriorly slender in lateral view (
Fig. 28
); in ventral view (
Fig. 31
) generally wide along its length, apex broadly and deeply divided forming pair of incised lateral projections directed laterally. Phallus, lateral view (
Fig. 28
) with basal one third equally wide and widens before midway before tapering towards apex. In ventral view (
Fig. 30
) with basal one third narrowest. Phallic sclerites form 3 pairs, the anterior pair slightly shorter than the other pairs (
Figs 28, 30
).
Etymology. The species is named after the
type
locality, Mt Tsaratanana on
Madagascar
.
Holotype
male:
MADAGASCAR
: Mt Tsaratanana,
500 m
, no date [R. Paulian].
Paratypes
:
MADAGASCAR
: Mt D’Ambre, Les Roussettes. [B. Stuckenberg] —
5 males
,
2 females
(NRM alcohol); ditto, except —
4 males
,
2 females
(JOS alcohol);
MADAGASCAR
: Andohahela,
i. 1954
[R. Paulian] —
1 male
,
1 female
(NRM).