The caddisfly genus Protoptila in Costa Rica (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae)
Author
Holzenthal, Ralph W.
Author
Blahnik, Roger J.
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-05-08
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.2646265
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1175-5326
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Protoptila bicornuta
Flint
Fig. 3
Flint 1963
: 475.
This species is similar to
P
.
cristula
,
n. sp.
, and
P
.
rota
Mosely
1937
in the possession of hornlike processes or “
cornuti
” projecting from the phallicata.
Protoptila bicornuta
differs from either of those species in that the ventral margin of sternum VIII is shorter and less deeply bifurcate apically, and the ventral processes of the phallicata are much shorter.
Material examined.
COSTA RICA
:
Heredia
: Estación Biología La Selva, Río Puerto Viejo,
10°26’24”N
,
084°00’43”W
, el.
30 m
,
1011.ii.1986
, Holzenthal —
3 males
,
20 females
; Río Sarapiquí,
7 km
W Puerto Viejo,
10°27’07”N
,
084°04’01”W
, el.
50 m
,
11.ii.1986
, Holzenthal, Morse, Fasth —
4 males
,
5 females
; Estación Biología La Selva, Quebrada Sura,
10°26’13”N
,
084°00’36”W
, el.
50 m
,
2021.vi.1986
, Holzenthal, Heyn, Armitage —
2 males
(NMNH);
Limón
: Río Bitey, ca.
2.5 km
S Pandora,
09°43’30”N
,
082°57’47”W
, el.
15 m
,
3.ii.1986
, Holzenthal, Morse, Fasth —
1 male
(in alcohol); E.A.R.T.H., Río Destierro, Pozo Azul,
10°12’29”N
,
083°34’26”W
, el.
15 m
,
5.ii.1992
, Holzenthal, Muñoz, Kjer —
4 males
,
7 females
(in alcohol) (INBIO);
Puntarenas
: Quebrada Pita, ca.
3 km
(air) W Golfito,
08°38’31”N
,
083°11’35”W
, el.
15 m
,
15.ii.1986
, Holzenthal, Morse, Fasth —
1 male
(in alcohol).
NICARAGUA
:
Río San Juan
, Refugio Bartola,
1.5 km
N. of station, Río Bartola,
10°58’00”N
,
084°21’00”W
, el.
40 m
,
8.viii.2000
, Chamorro & Dobbins —
2 males
,
116 females
(in alcohol).