New synonyms in the highly diverse caddisfly genus Smicridea (Trichoptera, Hydropsychidae)

By

Rázuri-Gonzales, Luis
Holzenthal, Ralph W.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

637

Pages

21-31

Subjects

Nearctic , Neotropics , new combination , synonymy , Trichoptera

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.637.10148

 

Abstract

In this paper, Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) repula Oláh & Johanson, 2012 is synonymized with Smicridea (R.) lobata (Ulmer, 1909), and the species Leptonema islamarga Botosaneanu, 2002 is transferred to Smicridea (R.) as a synonym of S. lobata. Additionally, we present more detailed illustrations of the male genitalia of S. (R.) lobata and S. (R.) signata (Banks, 1903), and include notes on their distributions to aid in the identification of these two, often-confused species.