New species of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from Salto Encantado Provincial Park (Misiones province, Argentina)
Author
Angrisano, Elisa B.
Author
Sganga, Julieta V.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2162
57
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.189021
985a5ee1-e6e0-4c00-9720-a1319325d4be
1175-5326
189021
Paratrichia acuti
Angrisano & Sganga
,
new species
Figures 17–19
,
33, 38
Male.
Forewing length 2.0 mm. Legs with tarsal spur formula of 1-3-4. Head with 3 ocelli. Mesoscutellum with a transverse suture. Abdominal segments VII and VIII without modifications or sternal spines; lightly sclerotized and short, the length of both segments together is approximately equal to that of segment IX. Segment IX lengthened, sclerotized ventrally and open dorsally, sharp apically (
Figs. 17–18
). Subgenital plate with a pair of processes, having first process lengthened posteriorly, extending laterally, and second one ventral, arched to midline and surrounding phallus.
Inferior appendages lightly sclerotized, very setose on margin and internally, basally wide in ventral view, almost touching on midline. Lateral appendages lengthened, very arched towards the venter, more sclerotized than inferior appendages; setae reduced; articulating ventrally with base of inferior appendages. Phallus simple, lengthened, longer than segment IX, with a triangular, membranous lobe at the apex (
Fig. 19
).
Diagnosis.
This new species is related to
P. cebollati
Angrisano 1995
, described from
Uruguay
.
P. cebollati
can be distinguished by: segment IX oval in ventral view and rounded anteriorly, inferior appendages approximately sigmoid in lateral view, segment VIII long, phallus with lightly different membranous lobes at the apex, and subgenital plate bearing the inferior appendages that are curved to dorsad. This is the only species of the genus known from
Argentina
.
Holotype
male.
Argentina
: Misiones: Parque Provincial Salto Encantado, Salto
Acutí
,
8–14.i.2006
, Malaise trap, Angrisano & Bravo leg.
Etymology.
Referring to the Salto
Acutí
, one of the waterfalls from Salto Encantado Provincial Park.