New species of caddisflies (Trichoptera, Ecnomidae, Polycentropodidae, Psychomyiidae) from Mekong tributaries, Laos

By

Laudee, Pongsak
Seetapan, Kriengkrai
Vongsombath, Chanda
Malicky, Hans

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

962

Pages

1--11

Subjects

Aquatic insects , Biodiversity , Oriental region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.962.52759

 

Abstract

Four new species of caddisflies are added to the fauna of Mekong River, Laos. Described and illustrated are Ecnomus petchanaaesp. nov. and E. boonsawaengaesp. nov. (Ecnomidae), Polyplectropus proukaewisp. nov. (Polycentropodidae), and Psychomyia srichanaisp. nov. (Psychomyiidae) from tributaries of the Mekong River, Laos. Ecnomus petchanaaesp. nov. can be distinguished by the characters of the superior appendages, which are slender and club-shaped in lateral view. In E. boonsawaengaesp. nov., the inferior appendages are tubular with a concave incision subapically and truncated apex. Polyplectropus proukaewisp. nov. has the distal process of the dorsal branch of the inferior appendage close to the base of the inferior appendages and the length of the process is half of inferior appendages. Psychomyia srichanaisp. nov. can be distinguished by the structure of the dorsal branches of the harpagones and apical sclerite. The outer branches of the harpago in the latter species are bifurcated and bent 90° degrees outward, and the inner dorsal branches of harpago are curved outward. The apical sclerite is indiscernible.