The Trichoptera of Panama XXIV. Fifteen new species and two new country records of the caddisfly genus Neotrichia (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae), with a key to all known Panamanian species

By

Harris, Steven C.
Armitage, Brian J.
Ríos González, Tomás A.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1188

Pages

47--90

Subjects

Aquatic insects , Biodiversity , freshwater , Neotropics , Protected areas

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1188.111346

 

Abstract

In this paper, 15 new species of microcaddisflies in the genusNeotrichiaMorton, 1905 (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae) from Panama are described and illustrated:Neotrichia abrebotellasp. nov.;Neotrichia candelasp. nov.;Neotrichia codazasp. nov.;Neotrichia emberasp. nov.;Neotrichia flennikenisp. nov.;Neotrichia hondasp. nov.;Neotrichia landisaesp. nov.;Neotrichia lenatisp. nov.;Neotrichia mindyaesp. nov.;Neotrichia panamensissp. nov.;Neotrichia parajarochitasp. nov.;Neotrichia paraxicanasp. nov.;Neotrichia snixaesp. nov.;Neotrichia spanglerisp. nov.;Neotrichia veraguasensissp. nov.In addition, two new country records are presented:Neotrichia minutisimella(Chambers, 1873) andNeotrichia vibransRoss, 1944. Finally, the male ofN. vibransis re-illustrated, the female is illustrated and descriptive information given, and a key is provided to the males of all currentNeotrichiaspecies in Panama. There are now 45 species ofNeotrichiaand a total of 525 Trichoptera species recorded from Panama.