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
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Pseudoxyethira
SCHMID
,
NEW STATUS
Scelotrichia
ULMER
1951
,
73
;
type
species:
Scelotrichia saranganica
ULMER
1951
(original designation); preoccupied by
Scelotrichia
REUTER
1890
in Hemiptera
.
Pseudoxyethira
SCHMID
1958, 44;
type
species:
Pseudoxyethira asgiriskanda
SCHMID
1958
(original designation)
.
Synonymized with
Scelotrichia
ULMER by WELLS
1990
,
373
.
Madioxyethira
SCHMID
1960, 89;
type
species:
Madioxyethira milinda
SCHMID
1960
(original designation). Synonymized with
Scelotrichia
ULMER by WELLS 1990, 373
.
Treated as a distinct genus by MALICKY
2006
,
241
–264.
Orientalitrichia
KOÇAK & KEMAL 2012
; inappropriate replacement name for
Scelotrichia
ULMER.
The genus
Pseudoxyethira
currently consists of 60 described species from the East Palaearctic (2 species), the Oriental (45 species), the Afrotropical (4 species), and the Australasian (9 species) Regions (MORSE 2015). Two species of this genus are already known in
China
,
P. levis
(WELLS & DUDGEON 1990) (
Hong Kong
) and
P. mador
(MALICKY 2012) (Mt. Jing-gang-shan, Jiang-xi). In this study,
P. thingana
from
Vietnam
was found in southern
China
, Jiang-xi Province.