New species of microcaddisflies from China (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae)
Author
Zhou, Lei
Author
Yang, Lian-Fang
Author
Morse, John C.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4097
2
203
219
journal article
51469
10.11646/zootaxa.4097.2.3
e9b993ff-29ef-40cb-88af-f74bf1808f9b
1175-5326
265546
FC27150E-263E-4BFA-BA6D-463149DEE20F
Allotrichia
MCLACHLAN
Allotrichia
MCLACHLAN
1880
, 505,
508
;
type
species:
Agraylea pallicornis
EATON
1873
(monobasic)
.
The genus
Allotrichia
only contains 8 extant species and 3 fossil species, all of which have a West Palearctic distribution (MORSE 2015). Our new species of
Allotrichia
from northeastern
China
represents a remarkable extension of the range of
Allotrichia
to include now both the West Palearctic Region and the East Palearctic Region.
Generally they are very similar to those of
Agraylea
except 1) the inferior appendages are short and broad with concave posterior margins and 2) the subgenital plate bears a pair of characteristic asymmetrical dorsolateral projections. We agree that the presence or absence of fork 1 (fork of R2 and R3) in hind wings has not proven to be a consistent feature in either
Agraylea
or
Allotrichia
(
MARSHALL
1979); hind wing fork 1 is absent in all the new Chinese species in these two genera (e.g.,
Fig. 1
E).