Oecetis asmada Malicky 1979

Kaur, Simarjit, Garima, Deepti & Pandher, Manpreet Singh, 2020, New Species and New Records of Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from India, Zootaxa 4747 (2), pp. 350-360 : 356-359

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:996D3007-FE73-49F9-96EB-733683470123
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3704139
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scientific name	Oecetis asmada Malicky 1979
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Oecetis asmada Malicky 1979 View in CoL , NEW RECORD for North Andaman Island

Oecetis asmada Malicky 1979 View in CoL , 102

Material examined. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands ; Diglipur, Kalpong, 13 ° 14’12.7” N, 92 ° 58’21.4” E, 8.viii.2019, Dubey (ZSIANRC), 1 male GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. As pointed out by Malicky (2010), this species is very similar to Oecetis iphitos Malicky 2005 and Oecetis philoktetes Malicky 2005 as all of these species belong to the Oecetis testacea Group and have a very similar color pattern on the forewings. However, Oecetis asmada has the dorsal branch of each inferior appendage very broad in lateral view, whereas in Oecetis iphitos each inferior appendage has the dorsal branch in the form of an equilateral triangle and Oecetis philoktetes has each inferior appendage with three tooth-like structures: one ventral, one dorsal, and one median tooth; from each of these teeth arises a very fine long appendage which is bent dorsad in lateral view.

Distribution. India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Trichoptera
Family	Leptoceridae
Genus	Oecetis