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Type: Article
Published: 2013-05-27
Page range: 392–396
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Two new species of Glossosoma subgenus Glossosoma (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae) from India

Arunachal Pradesh Sikkim Lachen description callosity

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Glossosoma (Glossosoma) Curtis are described and illustrated: G. (G.) dirangense sp. nov. and G. (G.) sikkimense sp. nov. from Dirang (Arunachal Pradesh) and Lachen (Sikkim), respectively. Glossosoma (G.) dirangense most closely resembles G. (G.) moselyi Kimmins 1953, but the males of these species can be distinguished by differences in the shapes of abdominal segments IX and X. Glossosoma (G.) sikkimense most closely resembles G. (G.) fissum Martynov 1935 and G. (G.) caudatum Martynov 1931, but the male of G. (G.) sikkimense can be distinguished from these other species by differences in the shapes of abdominal segment X, sternite VI ventral process, and the phallus.