Acritoptila csavar Olah & Johanson

Wells, Alice & Johanson, Kjell Arne, 2014, Review of the New Caledonian species of Acritoptila Wells, 1982 (Trichoptera, Insecta), with descriptions of 3 new species, ZooKeys 397, pp. 1-23 : 11

Acritoptila csavar Olah & Johanson Figs 8-10

Acritoptila csavar Oláh & Johanson (2010a: 70, figs 1-3).

Revised diagnosis.

Males of Acritoptila csavar most closely resemble those of Acritoptila chiasma , from which it they are distinguished by the presence of hooked (Fig. 9) rather than gently curving (Fig. 6) apico-lateral spines on tergite X (also see diagnoses for Acritoptila crinita and Acritoptila chiasma ), and in ventral view by the paler and more ovoid shape of the fused gonopods.

Male antennae each with 39-40 flagellomeres; forewing length, 2.0-2.3 mm (n = 6).

Material examined.

Paratype male, Province Sud, Tamoa River, 700 m S road RT1 between Noumea and La Foa, 22°04.518'S, 166°16.592'E, 19.xi.2003, light trap, loc#033, KAJ (NHRS); 5 males (2 on slides), Province Nord, Ponandou Tiôgé River at Kögi, 3.9 km SSW Touho, 20°49.043'S, 165°13.551'E, 25 m, 26.xii.2003, light trap, loc#100, KAJ (NHRS); 3 males (KAJ sp ‘G’), New Caledonia, Province Nord, Forêt Plate, Ouendé River, at 2.5 km WNW summit of Katépouenda, 23.3 km E Pouembout, 21°07.490'S, 165°06.723'E, 470 m, 8-15.i.2004, Malaise trap, loc#112, KAJ (NHRS).

Remarks.

Few specimens of this species have been collected, several from the north and several from the south (Fig. 35). See also Remarks under Acritoptila chiasma .