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Issue: Vol. 1009 No. 1: 17 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1009.1.2
Page range: 15–20
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 17

Descriptions of two new species of Gyrocarisa (Trichoptera: Petrothrincidae) from Madagascar

Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Department, Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Department, Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Trichoptera Petrothrincidae Gyrocarisa Gyrocarisa scottae Gyrocarisa weaveri new species new records

Abstract

Two new species of the Malagasy endemic genus Gyrocarisa (Trichoptera: Petrothrincidae), Gyrocarisa scottae, new species, and Gyrocarisa weaveri, new species, are described and illustrated. A key to the males of the known species of Gyrocarisa, and additional records of G. stenieri Weaver and G. acuta Weaver are given.

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