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Issue: Vol. 1825 No. 1: 18 Jul. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-07-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1825.1.2
Page range: 18–28
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

A new genus of Philorheithridae (Trichoptera) from Madagascar

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National Museum, Department of Entomology, Kunratice 1, 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
Trichoptera Afrorheithrus Africa caddisflies taxonomy

Abstract

Afrorheithrus genus novum and three species (Afrorheithrus fallax sp. nova, A. mirus sp. nova, A. admirabilis sp. nova) of the family Philorheithridae (Trichoptera) are described from Madagascar, representing the first described philorheithrids from the Afrotropical Region.

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