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Issue: Vol. 1773 No. 1: 21 May. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1773.1.6
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 26

A new species of Neoatriplectides Holzenthal, 1997 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Atriplectididae), from Brazil, including description of the pupa of the genus

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Trichoptera Neoatriplectides desiderata Atlantic Forest Itatiaia Neotropical Region

Abstract

The adult male and pupa of a new species of the genus Neoatriplectides Holzenthal, 1997, are described and figured based on specimens collected in the Mantiqueira Mountain Range, southeastern Brazil. A male of Neoatriplectides desiderata, sp. nov., was associated with the unidentified larva described by Holzenthal, 1997. The new species is differentiated from N. froehlichi Holzenthal, 1997, mainly by the division of abdominal segment X into 2 triangular projections, absent in N. froehlichi. The pupal description is the first for this genus.

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