New species of Xiphocentron Brauer 1870 (Trichoptera: Xiphocentronidae) from Northeastern Brazil
Author
Vilarino, Albane
Author
Calor, Adolfo R.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3914
1
journal volume
42294
10.11646/zootaxa.3914.1.2
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Xiphocentron
(
Antillotrichia
)
kamakan
new species
Figs. 1
A–G, 2
Diagnosis.
The new species resembles
Xiphocentron
(
Antillotrichia
)
rhamnes
Schmid 1982
,
X.
(
Antillotrichia
)
serestus
Schmid 1982
, and
X.
(
Antillotrichia
)
mnesteus
Schmid 1982
, for each of which Schmid described a shape discontinuity (twist) on the connection between the first and second articles of the inferior appendage (Schmid’s hypothesis of homology) instead of a linear continuity between the two segments. This character is also present in the new species, but the new species differs from these congeners by each inferior appendage having a sclerotized process bearing short spines on its basomesal margin and two spinulous regions on the ventral edge: One basal and one on the “elbow” formed by the shape discontinuity between the articles of each inferior appendage.
Description.
Male adult.
Length of each forewing 3.3–4.1 mm (n= 5). Overall color (in alcohol) nearly uniformly medium brown. Forewings covered with fine, short, and brown setae; middle of each forewing with small circular patch of white setae (
Fig. 2
); forewings with forks 2 and 4; hind wings each with only fork 2 (
Fig. 1
B). Apical spur of each hind tibia not modified (
Fig. 1
A). Segment V bearing pair of anteroventral glands without external glandular processes.
Male genitalia
. Tergum IX, in lateral view (
Fig. 1
E), subtriangular, wider basally, narrower and rounded apically; anterior margin sinuous, dorsal margin nearly straight; in dorsal view (
Fig. 1
C), subtrapezoidal, wider basally, narrower apically; anterior margin with deep, U-shaped, mesal emargination; posterior margin sinuous with slight mesal emargination. Sternum IX, lateral view (
Fig. 1
E), long, subtriangular, about 2 times as long as tall, taller basally, narrower and slightly pointed apically; anterior margin on each side with short, slender, rounded, mesal projection with small slender anterior flange; ventral margin rounded; posterodorsal margin on each side sinuous, slightly concave at midlength; in ventral view (
Fig. 1
D), obovate, anterior margin straight with short lateral projections; posterior margin rounded with shallow mesal emargination. Segment X semimembranous; in lateral view (
Fig. 1
E), oblong, apically bilobated, lobes rounded, single ventral lobe smaller than pair of dorsal lobes; in dorsal view (
Fig. 1
C), subtriangular, wider basally, narrower and divided apicodorsally into two rounded, dorsolateral lobes; in ventral view (
Fig. 1
D), ventral lobe acute posteromesally. Preanal appendages long, subcylindrical, setose; in lateral view (
Fig. 1
E), each slightly sinuous, widest basally and in posterior half, slender before middle giving general sinuous aspect with dorsal margin nearly straight and ventral margin concave, apex rounded; in dorsal view (
Fig. 1
C), nearly parallel-sided, slightly narrower preapically, basomesal margin with several straight setae. Inferior appendages about as long as preanal appendages, surfaces covered with fine setae; in lateral view (
Fig. 1
E), each sinuous, widest basally, with a strong shape discontinuity between the two articles of inferior appendage, its ventral margin with deep and rounded excision before middle, with undulated and spinulous elbow-like shape near middle, and with slender, clavate apical half; basomesal and midmesal ventral margins before and beyond excision darkly sclerotized and bearing short spines, mesal margin with sclerotized process bearing short spines; in dorsal and ventral views (
Figs. 1
C, 1D), angled mesad at one-third length, then straight. Aedeagus long, slender, tubular, with the apex slightly enlarged (
Fig. 1
G).
FIGURE 1.
Xiphocentron
(
Antillotrichia
)
kamakan
Vilarino & Calor
,
new species
, male. A—apex of left hind tibia and spurs and basitarsus; B—right wings, dorsal; C—genitalia, dorsal; D—genitalia, ventral; E—genitalia, left lateral; F—aedeagus apex, left lateral; G—aedeagus apex, dorsal.
FIGURE 2.
Habitus, showing left wing pattern.
Holotype
male
(alcohol):
BRAZIL
: Bahia:
Camacan,
RPPN
Serra Bonita, Córrego 3, Chuchuzeiro,
15º23’03”S
,
039º34’00”W
,
iv.2011
, Malaise trap, Calor A.R., Lecci L.S., Pinho L.C. & Moretto R. (
MZUSP
).
Paratypes
:
BRAZIL
: Bahia:
same data as
holotype
,
1 male
(alcohol) (
MZUSP
); same data except,
15º23’28”S
,
039º33’56”W
,
820 m
,
31.vii.2008
, light UV/ white, Calor A.R., Lecci L.S., Pinho L.C. & Moretto R.,
1 male
(alcohol) (
MZUSP
); same except, Córrego 1, atrás da caixa d’água,
15º23’26.6”S
,
039º33’57.2”W
,
26–27.xi.2011
, UV Light Pan trap,
3 males
(alcohol) (
UMSP
); same except, Córrego 1, próximo ao Centro de Pesquisa,
15º23’28”S
,
39º33’56”W
,
vii.2008
, Malaise trap,
1 male
(alcohol) (
UMSP
); same except, Córrego 1, próximo ao Centro de Pesquisa,
15º23’28”S
,
39º33’56”W
,
ix.2008
, Malaise trap,
1 male
(alcohol) (
UFBA
); Elísio Medrado, Serra da Jibóia, Fazenda Jequitibá,
GAMBA
Reserve, Córrego Caranguejo,
12º52’21.5”S
,
39º28’56.5”W
,
07.xi.2010
, Silva-Neto, A.M.G. & Araujo, M.,
1 male
(alcohol) (
UFBA
); Varzedo, Serra da Jibóia, Fazenda Baixa Grande, Propriedade do Sr. Getulio, Riacho 2,
12
º57’45.3’’S,
39º27’13.1”W
,
280 m
,
09.ii.2014
, UV Light Pan trap, Calor A.R. & Vilarino A.,
1 male
(alcohol) (
UFBA
).
Etymology.
Noun in apposition, with unchanging termination, in reference to the
Kamakan
people who were indigenous to the Camacan region where the
holotype
was collected.
Distribution.
Brazil
(BA).