Austrotinodes Schmid, a South and Central American caddisfly genus, newly recorded in Australia, with the description of new species (Trichoptera: Ecnomidae)
Author
Cartwright, David I.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-06-26
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2142.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2142.1.1
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Austrotinodes mubar
sp. nov.
Figs 16–18
,
38
Diagnosis.
Austrotinodes mubar
separates from the other group members in that the superior appendages in lateral view are relatively slender and tapered in apical half; in dorsal view, with subapical mesal process, forming a shallow concavity with apex.
FIGURES 16–24.
Austrotinodes
spp.
Male genitalia in lateral, ventral and dorsal views. 16–18:
Austrotinodes mubar
sp. nov
.
19–21:
Austrotinodes glaya
sp. nov
.
22–24:
Austrotinodes yalga
sp. nov
.
Description.
Head, body and wings brown; wings similar to
A. yalga
(
Fig. 14
). Forewing length about 2.9–3.2 times width: male
5.8–6.2 mm
. Forewing fork 2 long, with footstalk, footstalk about twice the length of cross-vein r-m, length fork about same length as fork 3; fork 3 long, length fork about 2.8–3.1 times length footstalk, footstalk length about 1.8 times length cross-vein m. Hindwing length about 3 times width; fork 2 footstalk short, length about 0.9–1.2 times length cross-vein r-m, fork about same length as fork 3.
Male. Tergum X membranous with a pair of slender, straight processes (
Fig. 18
). Superior appendages in lateral view, relatively slender and tapered in apical half, with short ventro-mesal process with group of four long spines (
Fig. 16
); in dorsal view, length about 3 times width, with subapical mesal process, forming a shallow concavity with apex, extensive membranous area mesal to superior appendages (
Fig. 18
). Phallus generally tube-like, slightly bulbous apically (
Fig. 16
); with a dark bifid process (phallic guide) arising from near the base of the inferior appendages. Inferior appendages in ventral view, small, paired ‘talon-like’ processes, bases widely separated (
Fig. 17
); in lateral view, length about same as width, very broad and rounded laterally near the middle, narrowed subapically, with rounded apex (
Fig. 16
).
Female. Female genitalia with a pair of slender lobes with small mesal processes meso-basally; segment IX relatively long, tapered slightly distally, segment XI relatively very short with pair of cerci and papillae; segments IX and X have scattered pairs of ‘spiny-hairs’ (
Fig. 38
).
Holotype
male
:
New South Wales
,
Gloucester Tops
(about
32°04'S
,
151°25'E
), el.
1280 m
,
4–30 Dec 1988
, malaise,
D. Bickel
(
NMV
, T- 20361).
Paratypes
:
New South Wales
.
1 male
(specimen PT-1802 figured)
,
1 female
, collected with holotype
;
1 female
(specimen CT-495 figured), same site and collector as
holotype
,
19 Nov– 4 Dec 1988
;
1 female
, Gloucester Tops
32°04'S
,
151°34'E
, el.
1300 m
,
2-3 Dec 1988
, Theischinger and Mueller (
NMV
)
.
Etymology.
Mubar
- Aboriginal word for spine (superior appendages).
Remarks.
This species is known from only
two male
and
three female
specimens collected from the
type
locality in north-eastern
New South Wales
(latitude
32°04'S
).