A revision of the Neotropical caddisfly genus Rhyacopsyche, with the description of 13 new species (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae)
Author
Wasmund, Anne M.
Author
Holzenthal, Ralph W.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1634
1
59
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.179477
3ff8b316-c411-4d6b-af4c-e7bb7a663759
1175-5326
179477
Rhyacopsyche duplicispina
Flint
Fig. 14
Rhyacopsyche duplicispina
Flint, 1996a
:91
[
Type
locality:
Tobago
, Bridge B1/5,
6.5 km
N Roxborough; NMNH; male].
This species is similar to
R. patulosa
,
new species
, and
R. yatay
based on the very reduced dorsolateral lobe, the anteroventrally produced anterior margin of segment IX, and the complexity of the inferior appendage. While both
R. duplicispina
and
R. yatay
have a trilobate inferior appendage, the composition is quite different.
Rhyacopsyche duplicispina
bears only a single peglike seta and the lobes are fingerlike, unlike the more setose and spatulate lobes of
R. yatay
.
Adult (male: n=1). Forewing length
2.1 mm
. Color in alcohol, brown. Sternum VII without apicomesal point.
Male genitalia. Abdominal segment IX with no apparent setae, anterior margin nearly straight, produced anteroventrally; sternum IX, in lateral view, with posterior margin slightly rounded, with connecting membrane to inferior appendage; posterior margin nearly straight; dorsolateral lobe of segment IX slightly produced, in dorsal view rounded, widely separated, apex bearing several thin setae. Tergum X elongate, with rounded, apicolateral lobes. Intermediate appendage not evident. Inferior appendage semierect, slender, with row of long setae, in ventral aspect, appendage produced into 3 lobes with center lobe bearing 1 large peglike seta. Phallus linear, membranous sheath absent; central tubule with forked apex; apex of lateral process lanceolate.
Material examined.
TOBAGO
:
Bridge B1/5,
6.5 km
N Roxborough,
390 m
,
11°17’ N
,
60°35’ W
,
14.vi.1993
, O S Flint & W N Mathis —
1 male
(
holotype
,
NMNH
).
Distribution.
Tobago
.