The Trichoptera of Panama. XXV. Eight new country records of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera)

By

Armitage, Brian J.
Aguirre, Yusseff P.
Ríos González, Tomás A.
Rodriguez, Viterbo
Blahnik, Roger J.
Harris, Steven C.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-4-8

Original Publication

Neotropical Biology and Conservation

Volume

19

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

17--24

Subjects

Biodiversity , caddisfly , Geographic distribution , Neotropics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Brazil Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.19.e117513

 

Abstract

Herein we add eight new country records to Panama’s caddisfly fauna (Insecta, Trichoptera): Hydropsychidae – Leptonema turrialbum Flint, McAlpine & Ross, 1987; Polycentropodidae – Polyplectropus bravoae Bueno-Soria, 1990; Hydroptilidae – Mayatrichia ayama Mosely, 1937 and Bredinia selva Harris, Holzenthal & Flint, 2002; Glossosomatidae – Mortoniella stilula Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2008; Anomalopsychidae – Contulma talamanca Holzenthal & Flint, 1995; Helicopsychidae – Helicospyche planata Ross, 1956; and Odontoceridae – Marilia crea Mosely, 1949. The Republic of Panama now has 533 species of caddisflies distributed among 15 families and 56 genera.