Seven new species of the genus Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from India
Author
Pandher, Manpreet Singh
Author
Saini, Malkiat Singh
text
Zootaxa
2012
3478
313
329
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.212378
808e1e15-5bcd-4acb-ac95-2b64f28db085
1175-5326
212378
Chimarra nakkiensis
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 17–19
,
23–25
,
52–53
)
Diagnosis
: This species resembles
Chimarra toga
Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1993b
and
Chimarra ramakien
Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1993b
from
Thailand
in the presence of a ventral process on sternite VIII, but
Chimarra nakkiensis
sp. nov.
is distinct because the shapes of sclerotized lateral lobes and inferior appendages are different in lateral view from those of
C. toga
and
C. ramakien
. The phallic apparatus of
C. toga
has 2 apical endothecal spines and
C. ramakien
has a single endothecal spine visible in lateral view, while
C. nakkiensis
has numerous small endothecal spines and about 4 spines pointing laterad distally beyond the phallotremal sclerite complex.
Description
: Length of each male forewing 7.50 mm (n=1), female forewing 9.75 mm (n=2). Color in alcohol uniformly fuscous and body covered with inconspicuous, sparse fuscous pubescence except pronotum with mixture of golden and fuscous setae. Each antenna 4.55 mm long (n=3); maxillary palps 1.3 mm long (n=3), segment 3 distinctly longer than 2, 3 slightly longer than 5; labial palps 0.81 mm long (n=3). Forewing venation: Stem of Rs curved, distinctly sclerotized and thickened at inflection; length of discoidal cell about 2 times width; crossvein
m
proximal to crossveins
s
and
r-m
; vein 2A not intersecting 3A (
Figs. 52, 53
).
Male genitalia
(
Figs. 17–19
,
23–25
): Sternum VIII with distinct posteroventral projection. Segment IX in lateral view subrectangular, relatively long dorsolaterally, its anteroventromesal margin in lateral view not or scarcely produced into downward-projecting tooth; lower posterolateral margins slightly produced; posteroventral process evident. Inferior appendages in lateral view rectangular; in ventral view with incurved spine near middle of mesal margin. Tergum X with sclerotized and paired lateral and mesal lobes; each lateral lobe long, in lateral view slender, undulating, rounded apically, bearing multiple sensilla; each mesal lobe short, digitate, distinctly sclerotized, directed dorsad, in lateral view narrow, recurved, apex with single, acuminate spine-like tip. Preanal appendages setose, short, rounded, broadest basally. Phallic apparatus with sclerotized portion long, nearly cylindrical in dorsal and ventral views (
Figs. 24–25
); phallobase rounded; posterior part of phallotheca cylindrical; endotheca long with many small asymmetrical endothecal spines in the retracted phallotheca; about 4 spines pointing laterad in group immediately posterior of phallotremal sclerite complex in ventral view; phallotremal sclerite complex large, flask-shaped in dorsal and ventral views, with 2 plates closely pressed together; a single, minute spine pointing caudad apically in retracted phallotheca in ventral view.
Material examined
:
Holotype
3,
INDIA
: Rajasthan: Mount Abu,
24°36’N
,
72°42’E
,
1,200 m
,
19-vii-2008
, Pandher, deposited in
PUPM
.
Paratypes
: Same data as
holotype
, 2Ƥ, deposited in
PUPM
.
Distribution
:
India
(Rajasthan).
Etymology
: This species is named after the collection locality, Nakki Lake on Mount Abu.