Revision of the Neotropical caddisfly genus Itauara Müller, 1888 (Trichoptera, Glossosomatidae)

By

Robertson, Desiree
Holzenthal, Ralph W.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

114

Pages

41-100

Subjects

Glossosomatidae , Itauara , male genitalia , Neotropical , new species , Protoptilinae , systematics , taxonomy , Trichoptera

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.114.1405

 

Abstract

Systematics of the genus Itauara Müller, 1888 are reviewed. A generic diagnosis, illustrations, and descriptions are provided for males. The genus can be identified by several features of the male genitalia including an extremely reduced phallobase and a phallic apparatus that consists of a sclerotized dorsal sheath covering a very membranous ventral portion. A total 18 species are described as new: Itauara alexanderi, new species (Brazil), I. bidentata, sp. n. (Guyana), I. blahniki, sp. n. (Brazil), I. charlotta, sp. n. (Brazil), I. emilia, sp. n. (Brazil), I. flinti, sp. n. (Brazil), I. guyanensis, sp. n. (Guyana), I. jamesii, sp. n. (Brazil), I. julia, sp. n. (Brazil), I. lucinda, sp. n. (Brazil), I. ovis, sp. n. (Guyana, Venezuela), I. peruensis, sp. n. (Peru), I. rodmani, sp. n. (Brazil), I. simplex, sp. n. (Brazil), I. spiralis, sp. n. (Guyana), I. stella, sp. n. (Brazil), I. tusci, sp. n. (Brazil), and I. unidentata, sp. n. (Guyana). These additions bring the total fauna of Itauara to 22 species.