Revision of the genus Caenota Mosely (Trichoptera: Calocidae), with descriptions of 2 new species and the larva of C. nemorosa Neboiss
Author
Shackleton, M. E.
Author
Webb, J. M.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3972
4
451
481
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3972.4.1
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Caenota simulans
Mosely 1953
Figs 14, 15
A description of the adult male was given by Mosely in
Mosely & Kimmins (1953)
. The only known specimen of
C. simulans
is housed at the BMNH and has been dissected and mounted in
Canada
Balsam. The following description was made based on photographs of this specimen and the original drawings by
Mosely and Kimmins (1953)
. Due to the poor condition of the specimen, some features are difficult to distinguish.
Adult. Male head capsule as in
Figs 14, 15
. Antennae each with anterior antennal projection long, about length of scape, pedicel, and 1st antennal segment combined, strongly angled towards midline, with rounded branch subapically on ventral surface; posterior antennal projection large, rounded, with fringe of setae around distal margin. Maxillary palpi relatively small; each with segments I and II much larger than segments III–V; segment I with long, hooked projection subapically on medial surface, dorsal margin projecting anterad over first 1/5th of segment II; segment II about as long as segment I, medial surface with enclosed setal area; segments III and IV short; segment V short, abruptly tapering.
Material examined.
[
AUSTRALIA
:] Queensland, National Park,
3000 ft
,
2 Jan 1922
, British Museum of Natural History, Tillyard Collection,
1 male
(
BMNH
(E)
250245
).
Distribution.
Australia
(southern Queensland,
Mosely and Kimmins 1953
). The southern Queensland status is assumed given that the location provided by
Mosely and Kimmins (1953)
was simply “Queensland, National Park,
3000 ft
,
2.i. 1922
” and that the most likely candidate from this time is Lamington National Park.
Ecology.
No ecological information was given with the original description provided by Mosely (in
Mosely & Kimmins 1953
) and no subsequent specimens have been collected in order to ascertain the likely habitat preferences of this species.