Three new species of Stactobiinae (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) with the first record of Orinocotrichia Harris, Flint & Holzenthal from Brazil
Author
De Souza, Wagner Rafael M.
Author
Santos, Allan Paulo Moreira
Author
Takiya, Daniela Maeda
text
Zootaxa
2016
4078
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337
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journal article
46783
10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.28
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Orinocotrichia angelus
sp. nov.
(
Figures 1A–E
)
Material examined.
Holotype
male.
BRAZIL
: Maranhão:
Carolina, Parque Nacional
da Chapada das Mesas, Riacho Cancela, Malaise trap,
07°06’43.4”S
47°17’16.6”W
,
186 m
a.s.l.,
18–21.IX.2014
, W.R.M. Souza & T.T. Andrade leg. (
CZMA
).
Paratypes
.
Same data as
holotype
,
3 males
(
DZRJ
),
1 male
(
INPA
).
Description
.
Holotype
.
Adult male
. Length (from tip of the head to wing apex)
1.9 mm
. General color pale yellow (in alcohol). Head without modification. Antennae simple; 18-articulated. Ocelli absent. Tibial spur formula 0-2-3. Fore- and hind wing venation reduced to basal veins. Mesoscutellum with transverse suture. Metascutellum rectangular, short, and wide. Abdomen without visible modifications. Segment VII without a mesoventral process.
Male genitalia
. Segment VIII annular. Segment IX reduced dorsally (
Fig. 1A
); sternum divided into 2 truncate lobes, curved laterad (
Fig. 1B
); posterolateral margin produced as a large rounded lobe and a sclerotized, elongate process (
Fig 1C
), curved inwardly in dorsal view (
Fig. 1A
); elongate apodemes originating from the anterolateral margin of segment, extending into segment VI (
Figs 1A–B
). Inferior appendages, in ventral view, short and rounded apically (
Fig. 1B
); in lateral view, subtriangular (
Fig. 1C
). Subgenital plate conspicuous and elongate; in ventral view completely divided into lateral arms, apex slightly darkened (
Fig. 1C
); in lateral view, digitiform (
Fig. 1B
). Tergum X membranous, subrectangular, elongate, and rounded apically in dorsal and lateral views (
Fig. 1C
). Phallus divided into 2 long branches, parallel basally, and strongly curved distally, with apices almost touching each other in ventral view (
Fig. 1D
); each arm bearing a dorsal curved retrorse spine-like process at apex (
Figs 1D–E
); ejaculatory duct protruding from the mesal incision of the phallus (
Fig. 1D
).
Etymology.
The new species is named after Angelo B. M. Machado on the occasion of his 80th birthday (noun in apposition, nominative singular from classical form).
Remarks.
This new species is the third species assigned to
Orinocotrichia
. Male genitalia structure of
O
.
angelus
sp. nov.
is very similar to that of
O. calcariga
, particularly the posterolateral margin of segment IX produced into a large lobe and a sclerotized process, reduced inferior appendages, and phallus divided into 2 arms, each with an apical retrorse spine-like process. However, whereas
O
.
calcariga
and
O. tagola
have a reduced undivided subgenital plate, this structure in
O
.
angelus
sp. nov.
is conspicuous, completely divided mesally, and more similar to that described for
Flintiella
species. Besides the subgenital plate, the new species can also be distinguished from its congeners by the truncate projections of sternum IX in ventral view, the broader lobe of the posterolateral margin of the same segment, and the phallus apical branches narrowing apically and almost touching each other in ventral view. Thus, males of
Orinocotrichia
can be distinguished from males of
Flintiella
based on the reduced inferior appendages and the more complex phallus apex. In fact, it is possible that
Flintiella
and
Orinocotrichia
are synonyms, but only a better knowledge of the diversity of Neotropical microcaddisflies and a formal phylogenetic analysis can help resolve this question.