The genus Alterosa Blahnik 2005 (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae, Philopotaminae) in northeastern Brazil, including the description of three new species and an identification key for the genus

By

Dumas, Leandro Lourenço
Calor, Adolfo Ricardo
Nessimian, Jorge Luiz

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

317

Pages

1-15

Subjects

Atlantic forest , Caddisflies , distributional notes , Neotropical region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.317.5437

 

Abstract

Alterosa Blahnik 2005 contains 35 described species distributed in southern and southeastern Brazil. Three new species of Alterosa from northeastern Brazil are described and illustrated, Alterosa amadoi sp. n., A. castroalvesi sp. n. and A. caymmii sp. n., the first records of the genus from northeastern Brazil. An identification key for all known species of the genus is also presented.