Dolophilodes Ulmer 1909

Saini, Malkiat Singh & Pandher, Manpreet Singh, 2011, New species and records of the genus Dolophilodes Ulmer (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from India, Zootaxa 3137, pp. 46-55 : 47

Genus Dolophilodes Ulmer 1909

Dolophilodes Ulmer 1909: 125 ; Martynov 1934: 170; Ross 1948: 24, 157; Ross 1956: 33 –35 (as subgenus of Sortosa ). Type species: Dolophilodes ornata Ulmer 1909 (monobasic).

Synonym: Hisaura Kobayashi 1980: 95 (synonymized by Kuhara 2005: 92), type species: Sortosa (Hisaura) commata Kobayashi 1980 (original designation).

Synonym: Trentonius Betten & Mosely 1940: 11 (synonymized by Ross 1948: 24), type species: Philopotamus distinctus Walker 1852 (original designation).

Description. Spurs 2,4,4; forewings each with short discoidal cell and rather longer median cell; m-cu crossvein meeting M at basal angle of median cell ( Fig. 1 ); fork I, when present, with petiole of variable length; apical forks I–V or II–V present, fork II sessile. In each hind wing, forks I–III and V or II, III and V present; 3 anal veins extending freely to wing margin ( Fig. 2 ). In male genitalia segment IX short, usually bowed posterad, segment X either slightly or completely cleft apicomesally into 2 lobes, lacking processes except setose preanal appendages which vary in size and shape. Inferior appendages 2-segmented; distal segment subequal to or shorter than basal segment. Phallus consisting of phallotheca appearing as a membranous internal sac and endotheca with several sclerotized spines and 1 long spine with basal plate.

Distribution. Oriental, East and West Palearctic, and Nearctic Biogeographic Regions.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Dolophilodes spp. 1 – 2, Dolophilodes ornatula Kimmins wings (from Kimmins 1955): 1, right forewing dorsal view; 2, right hind wing dorsal view. 3 – 4, D. punjpullaensis sp. nov. male genitalia: 3, left lateral view; 4, dorsal view. AV = anal veins; dc = discoidal cell; I, II, III, IV, V = apical forks I, II, III, IV, and V; INF = inferior appendage; VIII = abdominal segment VIII; IX = abdominal segment IX; mc = median cell; m-cu = medio-cubital crossvein; PA = preanal appendage; VP = ventral process; X = segment X.