Catoxyethira kunenica Mey & de Moor, 2019

Wells, Alice & De Moor, Ferdinand C., 2020, Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) of Angola, a new genus, seven new species, and five new records, Zootaxa 4868 (4), pp. 495-514 : 497

Catoxyethira kunenica Mey & de Moor

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Catoxyethira kunenica Mey & de Moor, 2019: 141 , figs 4–6.

Material examined. ANGOLA: 1 male, [CAW 820J], Huambo Province, Cubango River, Site 10—downstream of main rapids, light trap, -13.045, 16.37523, 8/v/2017, I.S. Ferreira & M. Mlambo .

Diagnosis. Distinguished among similar members of the Catoxyethira mali -group by ‘… the architecture of segments IX and X and the position of the elongate spines on the ventral and dorsal corner of segment VIII’ ( Mey & de Moor 2019).

Description. Male. (See Mey & de Moor 2019)

Remarks. This record extends further to the north the known range of this species, described from the Kunene River in Namibia by Mey and de Moor (2019). Females were included among the paratypes listed for this species, however they were not described.

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. Hydroptilidae, male genitalia. 1, Catoxyethira kunenica Mey & de Moor, 2019 [CAW 820J], ventral. 2, 3, Hydroptila maoae Gibon, 1994 [CAW 764R]: 2, ventral; 3, left lateral. Figures 4, 5, Hydroptila moxica sp. nov. [CAW 764Z]: 4, ventral; 5, left lateral. 6, 7, Hydroptila cuembica sp. nov. [CAW 757AZ]: 6, ventral; 7, left lateral. 8, 9, Hydroptila brigittae Gibon, 1987 [CAW 855J]: 8, ventral; 9, left lateral. Abbreviations: IX, X—abdominal segment IX and tergite X; ap. lb = apicolateral lobe of segment VIII (paired);.inf. app. = inferior appendage (paired); lt. lb. IX = lateral lobe of segment IX (paired); ph. = phallus; v. pl. = ventral plate.