Description of a new species of Betrichia Mosely 1939 from Brazil and redescription of the type-species (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae: Leucotrichiinae)
Author
De Souza, Wagner Rafael M.
Author
Santos, Allan Paulo Moreira
Author
Takiya, Daniela Maeda
text
Zootaxa
2016
4061
3
291
295
journal article
51214
10.11646/zootaxa.4061.3.9
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Betrichia zilbra
Mosely 1939
(
Fig 2A
–E)
Betrichia zilbra
Mosely 1939
, 231 [type-locality:
Brazil
, Edo. Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia; repository of
holotype
: BMNH, male];
Angrisano 1995
, 505 [distribution].
Description. Adult male.
Length (from tip of head to wing apices) 2.5–3.0 mm. General color light brown (in alcohol). Head without modifications. Antennae simple with 20 antennomeres; scape slightly flattened, other antennomeres cylindrical. Ocelli 2. Tibial spur formula 1-3-4. Venation of anterior wings distinct, veins reaching wing margin. Posterior wing venation distinct; with long setae on anal margins. Mesoscutellum with transverse suture. Metascutellum pentagonal. Abdomen without visible modifications. Segment VII with mesoventral process.
Male genitalia. Segment VIII shorter dorsally than ventrally; sternum with posteroventral margin truncate with long setae; tergum posterodorsal margin broadly concave. Segment IX internalized in segment VIII, open ventrally. Inferior appendages completely fused to each other, short; in ventral view, tapered to blunt apex; in lateral view narrow over length. Subgenital plate as long as the inferior appendages, wide ventrally; in lateral view, directed posteroventrad with tiny setae at narrow apex. Tergum X membranous, short and rounded in dorsal and lateral views. Phallus tubular basally, with median complex (window and dorsal process); dorsal process shorter than basal portion of phallus; with sclerotized plate and spine-like processes apically.
Remarks.
Betrichia zilbra
resembles
B. occidentalis
in the presence of two ocelli in these species and by similarities in the male genitalia. According to
Flint (1974)
, these species can be separated only by the sclerotized plate of the phallus, which bears some small processes in
B. zilbra
and a pair of long spines in
B. occidentalis
. This species is reported from the Northeastern Region in
Brazil
for the first time in Bahia and Sergipe states.
Material examined.
BRAZIL
: Bahia [new record]:
Camacan, Rio Panelão em frente à fazenda Porangaba,
15°24'28''S
,
39°32'0''W
,
161 m
,
1.iii.2012
, DM Takiya col., light trap,
1 male
(
DZRJ
); Camacan, Fazenda Waldemar Farmácia, acima da represa de abastecimento,
15°25'17''S
,
39°34'0''W
,
5.viii.2008
, AR Calor col., light trap,
1 male
(MZUFBA).
Sergipe [new record]:
Itabaiana, Parque Nacional da Serra de Itabaiana, Riacho Vermelho na propriedade particular,
10°44'15''S
,
37°20'13''W
,
198 m
,
17.vi.2014
, DM Takiya, APM Santos, AC Domahovski & WRM Souza cols., light trap,
2 males
(
DZRJ
); same data, except Riacho Coqueiro,
10°44'02''S
,
37°20'22''W
,
1 males
(
DZRJ
); same data, except Riacho dos Negros,
10°44'50''S
,
37°20'24''W
,
202 m
,
42 males
(
DZRJ
);
Santa Catarina
, [Seara], Nova Teutônia,
27º11’S
,
52º23’W
,
xi.1963
, F Plaumann col., det. OS Flint Jr, 1975,
1
male (
NMNH
). Same data, except
i.1963,
3
males (
NMNH
). Same data, except
ix.1963,
28
males (
NMNH
). Same data, except
i.1964,
14
males (
NMNH
). Same data, except
300–500 m
,
ii.1964,
30
males (
NMNH
).
ARGENTINA
[new record]: Misiones
, Arroyo Piray Mini, W Dos Hermanos,
23.xii.1973
, OS Flint Jr col., det. Flint,
10 males
(
NMNH
). Arroyo Piray Guazú, N
San Pedro
,
22.xi.1973
, OS Flint Jr col., det. OS Flint Jr,
1 male
(
NMNH
).