A new genus and new species of Ecuadorian Philopotamidae (Trichoptera)

Ralph W. Holzenthal, Roger J Blahnik, Blanca Ríos-Touma

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Abstract

A new genus and species of Philopotamidae (Trichoptera), Sumacodella elongata, is described from the southern slope of Volcán Sumaco in Ecuador. This new genus differs from other philopotamid genera by having very elongate, narrow anterolateral apodemes on segment IX and the inferior appendages, a very elongate and narrow tergum X, and a very elongate, tubular phallus. In addition, two new species of Wormaldia are also described and illustrated from Sumaco as well as three new Chimarra (Chimarra), one new Chimarra (Curgia), and one new Chimarra (Otarrha) from the eastern and western slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)95-122
Number of pages28
JournalZooKeys
Volume2022
Issue number1117
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We are grateful to Mashpi Lodge and Reserve (Carlos Moroczh, Mateo Roldán), Mashpishungo Reserve (Agustina Arcos and Alejandro Solano), Wildsumaco Lodge (Jonas Nilsson), and Finca Upano (RhoAnn Wallace and Galo Real) for the facilities during our field trips. Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales, Andres Morabowen, Paul Frandsen, Jolanda Huisman, Steffen Pauls, Olivier Amigo and Xavier Amigo (Nature Experience) provided essential assistance and warm companionship during the field work. Appre-ciation is extended to Allan Santos and Gleison Desidério, as well as Associate Editor Ana Previšić, who thoroughly reviewed the manuscript and offered many suggestions to improve it. This research was funded by the Dirección General de Investigación, Universidad de Las Américas (Ecuador): “Montane freshwater diversity, from taxonomy to functional genomics, an approximation from Trichoptera” (CODE AMB. BRT:19.02) and by the University of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station projects MIN-017-029,-079,-094.

Funding Information:
We are grateful to Mashpi Lodge and Reserve (Carlos Moroczh, Mateo Roldán), Mashpishungo Reserve (Agustina Arcos and Alejandro Solano), Wildsumaco Lodge (Jonas Nilsson), and Finca Upano (RhoAnn Wallace and Galo Real) for the facilities during our field trips. Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales, Andres Morabowen, Paul Frandsen, Jolanda Huisman, Steffen Pauls, Olivier Amigo and Xavier Amigo (Nature Experience) provided essential assistance and warm companionship during the field work. Appreciation is extended to Allan Santos and Gleison Desidério, as well as Associate Editor Ana Previšić, who thoroughly reviewed the manuscript and offered many suggestions to improve it. This research was funded by the Dirección General de Investigación, Universidad de Las Américas (Ecuador): “Montane freshwater diversity, from taxonomy to functional genomics, an approximation from Trichoptera” (CODE AMB. BRT:19.02) and by the University of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station projects MIN-017-029, -079, -094.

Publisher Copyright:
© Ralph W. Holzenthal et al.

Keywords

  • Andes
  • Neotropics
  • South America
  • biodiversity
  • caddisflies

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