First report of the genus Kisaura Ross (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae) from India with the description of six new species

By

Pandher, Manpreet
Singh Saini, Malkiat

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

152

Pages

71-86

Subjects

India , Kisaura , male genitalia , new species , Oriental region , Philopotamidae , Philopotaminae , Sortosa , systematic , Trichoptera

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.152.1125

 

Abstract

The genus Kisaura Ross, 1956 (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae, Philopotaminae) is reported from India the first time. Six new species are described and illustrated: K. elongata sp. n., K. eloct sp. n., K. clavata sp. n., K. gangtokensis sp. n., K. truncata sp. n., all from Gangtok (Sikkim) and K. himachalica sp. n. from Barot (Himachal Pradesh). Male genitalia of this genus are distinguishable from those of other genera of the family by the pair of long lateral processes of tergum X, the well-developed mesoventral plates between two segments of the inferior appendages, and by the brush-like row of dark setae on the inner surfaces of the terminal segments (harpago) of the inferior appendages.