Contulma vascaina sp. n. (Insecta: Trichoptera: Anomalopsychidae), a new species from Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil



Título del documento: Contulma vascaina sp. n. (Insecta: Trichoptera: Anomalopsychidae), a new species from Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil
Revue: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000424397
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Sep
Volumen: 90
Número: 3
Paginación: 2921-2926
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés The caddisfly genus Contulma Flint, 1969, with 30 described species, is endemic to the Neotropics. In addition to the five species currently recorded from Brazil, a new species of Contulma is described and illustrated in this work. Contulma vascaina sp. n. is similar to C. sana Jardim and Nessimian, 2011 in prominent, slender and rod-like posterolateral lobe of segment IX, but the new species has a shorter posterolateral lobe, with long, spine-like seta apically. Contulma vascaina sp. n. can also be characterized by the presence of a large, hood-like sclerotized plate on the endothecal phallic membrane. The female genital structure is also described and illustrated
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Taxonomía y sistemática,
Insectos,
Nuevas especies,
Descripción taxonómica,
Contulma vascaina,
Trichoptera,
Brasil
Keyword: Taxonomy and systematics,
Insects,
New species,
Taxonomic description,
Contulma vascaina,
Trichoptera,
Brazil
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