Three New Species Of Genus Chimarra Stephens (Insecta: Trichoptera) From Indian Himalaya
Author
Pandher, M.
Author
Saini, M.
text
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2013
2013-09-30
59
3
267
277
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5736210
2064-2474
5736210
Chimarra dentata
sp. n.
(Figs 1–5)
Description – Adultmale; colorinalcohollightbrown, headandthoraxdarkbrown. Lengthfromtipofheadtoapexoffoldedforewings
8 mm
; lengthofmaxillarypalps 1.70 mm, 3rdsegmentlongerthan 2nd, lengthof 5thsegmentalmostequalto 3rdsegment; labialpalps 0.70 mm. Forewinglength 6.75 mm; discoidalcelllengthmorethandoubleits width; Rscurved, thickened; crossvein
m
proximaltocrossveins
s
and
r-m
; 2Aloopedto 1A. Hind wing
5 mm
long.
Malegenitalia (Figs 1–5) – TergumIXshort, widedorsally, producedanterodorsally; anteroventralmarginroundlyproduced, posterolateralmarginsinuouslyproduced; pos- teroventralprocessabsent. Preanalappendagesshort, rounded, setose, obliquelyplaced inlateralview. InferiorappendageslongerthantergumX, bearingtuftoflongsetaein lateralview; directedposterodorsally, widebasalandventralmarginsnarrowingtowards pointedapexinlateralview; inventralviewuniformlywide, mesallywith 2 pointed, teeth- likestructurespreapically. TergumXwithsclerotizedlaterallobesandseparateprojecting membranousmesallobes; eachlaterallobelong, narrowatbase, widemedially, produced ventrallyinlateralview; indorsalview, resemblingsnakeheadlike, bearingnumerous sensilla; eachmesallobedirectedposterodorsally, digitate, smallthanlaterallobe, about halfthelengthoflaterallobe. Phallobaseglobular, sclerotized; endotheca, tubular, long, bearinggranularareapreapically, lengthnotdiscernable; with 5 asymmetricalpreapical spinesvisibleinlateralview; phallotremalscleritecomplexcomposedofringandrod structures, forkedprong-likeinventralview.
Diagnosis – Intheshapeofsclerotizedlaterallobesindorsalviewand thephallusinlateralview
Chimarradentata
sp. n.
issimilarto
C. haimuoi
Ma- licky, 1995. However, inlateralviewthesegmentIXisslightlyproducedon posterolateralmargin, sclerotizedlaterallobeoftergumXwideapicallyin lateralviewandtheinferiorappendagewith 2 sharpdentlikestructureson mesalsurfaceapicallyin
C. dentata
setsthisspeciesasidefrom
C. haimuoi
.
Material – Holotypemale
,
India
:
Sikkim
,
Chungthang
,
1800 m
,
15-ix-2009
, Pandher
&
Parey (NPC).
Paratype
:
1 female
, collectiondatasameasofholotype.
Distribution –
India
:
Sikkim
.
Etymology – Thisspeciesisnamedonthebasisofpresenceoftwosharpdentsonthe
mesalsurfaceofeachinferiorappendage.