Chimarra fenestrata Kimmins, 1964

Pandher, Manpreet Singh, 2020, Genus Chimarra Stephens, 1829 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from Suntalekhola Biodiversity Camp, Neora Valley, National Park, West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (2), pp. 113-122 : 115

4. Chimarra fenestrata Kimmins, 1964 ( Figs. 16-20 )

1964. Chimarra fenestrata Kimmins, Bull. Brit. Mus. ( Nat . Hist.) Entomol., 15: 41.

Material examined: India: West Bengal Neora valley National Park, Suntalekhola Biodiversity Camp (W.B), 700 m, 27°00.789’N, 88°47.094’E, 27-ix-2018, 5♂♂, 3♀♀, Pathania, P.C. & Pandher, M.S. ( ZSI) .

Diagnosis: The male genitalic appendages of this species are similar to that of Chimarra khasia Kimmins, 1964 as well as C. nepalensis Kimmins, 1964 . However, segment IX with postero-lateral margin rounded (pointed in the C. nepalensis ) and the lateral lobes of tergum X are longer and pointed as compared to the C. nepalensis .

Distribution: Nepal and India (West Bengal).

Figures

Plate 2. Figures 11-20. Chimarra spp. Male genitalia.11-15. Chimarra nepalensis. 11. Lateral view, 12. Dorsal view, 13. Phallic apparatus lateral view, 14. Phallic apparatus ventral view, 15. Inferior appendage Ventral view. 16-20. C. fenestrata. 16. Lateral view, 17. Dorsal view, 18. Phallic apparatus lateral view, 19. Phallic apparatus ventral view, 20.Inferior appendage Ventral view.