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Issue: Vol. 5169 No. 1: 27 Jul. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.2
Page range: 26-30
Abstract views: 185
PDF downloaded: 14

Two new species of Oxyethira Eaton 1873 (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from Roraima state, Brazil

Universidade Estadual de Roraima—UERR, Coordenação de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde.
Centro Estadual de Educação Profissional Prof. Antônio de Pinho Lima (CEEP/RR).
Trichoptera microcaddisflies Neotropical Region taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of Oxyethira from Brazil are described: Oxyethira (Dampfitrichia) jiquitaia sp. nov., and Oxyethira (Tanytrichia) librina sp. nov. Illustrations of male genitalia are provided with each description. These results increase the number of Oxyethira species in Brazil from 37 to 39.

 

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