Four new species of the microcaddisfly genus Alisotrichia Flint (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from southeastern Brazil
Author
Santos, Allan Paulo Moreira
text
Zootaxa
2011
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59
68
journal article
45891
10.5281/zenodo.206078
d9597e85-ad7c-4ab8-baeb-2a1873f8ac3d
1175-5326
206078
Alisotrichia macae
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 16–19
)
FIGURES 16–19.
Alisotrichia macae
sp. nov.
, male genitalia. 16: ventral view; 17: dorsal view; 18: left lateral view; 19: phallus, dorsal view.
Diagnosis.
Alisotrichia macae
sp. nov.
belongs to the
A
.
orophila
Group due to the pair of dorsal processes on segment VIII each bearing a very long spine-like seta. This species is similar to
A
.
mathisi
Harris & Flint, 2002
, and
A
.
paxilla
Harris & Flint, 2002
, on the basis of the spine-like processes on the posterior margin of male segment VIII, but it can be easily distinguished by other features of male genitalia, including the dorsal processes of segment VIII elongate, divergent posteriorly and each with a very long seta anteriorly (short and posteriorly produced in
A
.
mathisi
and
A
.
paxilla
); the pair of lateral processes on the dorsum of segment IX, curved upward in lateral view (both
A
.
mathisi
and
A
.
paxilla
lack these processes); and the broader posterior portion of the phallus.
Description.
Male body. Length 2.0 mm (n=1). General color in ethanol brown. Antennae each with 18 articles; scape enlarged, semicircular in anterior view; pedicel slightly longer than broad; flagellomeres short and setose; apical article tapering. Ocelli 2. Maxillary palpi each 5-articulated; labial palpi each 3-articulated. Mesoscutellum with transverse suture. Metascutellum approximately rectangular. Tibial spurs 0,2,4. Fore- and hind wings with long brown setae. Abdominal segment VII with ventromesal process (
Fig. 16
).
Male genitalia. Segment VIII, in ventral view, with pair of stout spine-like processes on posterior margin (
Fig. 16
); in dorsal view, with pair of sclerotized slender and elongate processes, divergent posteriorly and each bearing 1 very long spine-like seta anteriorly (
Fig. 17
). Segment IX fused with segment X in dorsal view (
Fig. 17
), with pair of lateral slender and elongate processes, curved upward in lateral view (
Fig. 18
); reduced ventrally; pair of slender apodemes from anterolateral margins reaching segment VI internally (
Fig. 16
). Segment X short, almost rectangular in dorsal view (
Fig. 17
). Subgenital plate rounded apically and slightly emarginated, mesally with oblong opening (
Fig. 16
). Inferior appendages absent. Phallus tubular and constricted mesally (
Fig. 19
); basal portion inflated, apical half wide anteriorly, narrowing posteriorly with internal plate-like structure, and with ejaculatory duct protruding subapically (
Fig. 19
).
Material examined.
Holotype
male.
BRAZIL
,
Rio de Janeiro State
,
Macaé
Municipality, Rio São Pedro,
22°13’47.6”S
42°08’04.7”W
,
470 m
,
20.iii.2009
, G.A. Jardim & J.L. Nessimian
leg.
, light trap (
DZRJ
).
Etymology.
This species is named in reference to the
type
locality.
Macaé
originates from Tupi-guarani, and refers to the ‘macabaíba’ fruit (date palm).
Distribution.
Brazil
: Rio de Janeiro State.