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Issue: Vol. 711 No. 1: 1 Nov. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-11-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.711.1.1
Page range: 1–40
Abstract views: 62
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Thirteen new species and new distribution records of Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) Johanson from Venezuela (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae)

Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Department, Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Ave., Room 219, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55108, U.S.A.
Trichoptera Helicopsychidae Helicopsyche Feropsyche snail case caddisflies Neotropics Venezuela new species taxonomy key

Abstract

Thirteen new species of Helicopsyche subgenus Feropsyche are described and illustrated from Venezuela: H. auroa, new species, H. camuriensis, new species, H. circulata, new species, H. disjuncta, new species, H. laneblina, new species, H. lara, new species, H. linabena, new species, H. neblinensis, new species, H. perija, new species, H. succincta, new species, H. sucrensis, new species, H. tachira, new species, and H. venezuelensis, new species. In addition, new distribution records for Venezuela are reported for H. angulata Flint, H. breviterga Flint, H. extensa Ross, H. fistulata Flint, H. grenadensis Flint & Sykora, H. maculisternum Botosaneanu, H. merida Botosaneanu & Flint, H. monda Flint, H. selanderi Ross, H. vergelana Ross, and H. woytkowskii Ross. Finally, a key to males of the known species in the subgenus from Venezuela is included.

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