The New Caledonian genus Caledonotrichia Sykora (Trichoptera, Insecta) reviewed, with descriptions of 6 new species
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Wells, Alice
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Johanson, Kjell Arne
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Mary-Sasal, Nathalie
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ZooKeys
2013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.287.4615
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.287.4615
1313-2970-287-59
Caledonotrichia bifida
sp. n.
Figs 14, 1627-2944
Diagnosis.
Males very closely resembling
Caledonotrichia illiesi
and
Caledonotrichia minuta
sp. n., with which they share the features of wings without scales and both lobes of gonopods rounded. Like
Caledonotrichia minuta
, they differ from
Caledonotrichia illiesi
by their smaller size and far less robust appearance, and shorter antennae; they are distinguished from
Caledonotrichia minuta
by having the ventral lobes of gonopods about half as long as dorsal lobes, dorsal lobes less broadly rounded, and sclerotised rods of subgenital process bifid apically, but not dilated as in
Caledonotrichia minor
.
Description
, male.
Head. Rounded in dorsal view, as in
Caledonotrichia capensis
sp. n. (Fig. 1). Antennae (Fig. 16) with 22-23 flagellomeres; most flagellomeres elongate-cylindrical with ends angled obliquely, not more than 2.5
x
width. Maxillary palps (Fig. 14) with basal segment short and rounded, segments 2, 3 and 5 cylindrical, segments 3 and 5 length about 3
x
maximum width, segment 4 subquadrate.
Wings. Forewing length, 1.8-2.0 mm (n=5); forewing without scales.
Genitalia (Figs 27-29, 44). Abdominal segment IX truncate proximally, distal margin of sternite shallowly excavated medially, bearing robust elongate setae. Tergite X, tapered slightly, apical margin concave. Gonopods in ventral view with ventral lobes scarcely longer than wide, dorsal lobes about with length about 2
x
width, twice length of ventral lobes, mesal process digitiform, well developed, without setae; axillary seta slender, acute apically. Sclerotised rods of subgenital process narrowly bifid apically (arrow in Fig. 27). Phallic apparatus elongate, slender in proximal 2/3, stouter distally, with a slender spiny paramere.
Material examined.
Holotype male: New Caledonia: Province Sud,
Sarramea
, 220 m, forest stream, loc 10
21°37.883'S
,
165°51.958'E
, Malaise trap, 18-21.xi.2001, Johanson, Pape & Viklund (MNHP).
Paratypes: New Caledonia: 1 male, collected with holotype; 3 males, Province Sud, W slope Mt. Ningua,
Kwe
Neco
, Stream, at Camp Jacob, 3.7 km WNW summit of Mt. Ningua, on Boulouparis-Thio Road, about 50 m upstream road,
21°43.613'S
,
166°06.567'E
, 150 m, 29.
xi-
12.xii.2003, Malaise trap, loc#054, K. A. Johanson (NHRS); 2 males, Province Nord, Wan
Pwe
On Stream, draining NNE side of Mt.
Panie
, 3.9 km NW Cascade de Tao,
20°31.820'S
,
164°47.016'E
, 18.xii.2003, light trap, loc#085, K. A. Johanson (NHRS).
Etymology.
In reference to the bilobed apices of the sclerotised rods in the male genitalia.