Cheumatopsyche globosa ( Ulmer 1910 )

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 : 353

Cheumatopsyche globosa ( Ulmer 1910) , NEW RECORD for India

( Figs. 6–9 )

Cheumatopsyche globosa ( Ulmer 1910, 56)

Material examined. India: Arunachal Pradesh; Ramsing , 27 ° 55’40.548” N, 95 ° 29’21.012” E, 26.x.2017, Maheshwaran & party ( NZC), 1 male .

Diagnosis. Cheumatopsyche globosa ( Ulmer 1910) is very similar to Ch. truncata Martynov 1935 described from India. Probably, Ch truncata is a synonym of Ch. globosa . Malicky 1997b also suggested this probable synonymy while describing and illustrating the variations of Ch. globosa from Asia. Furthermore, there are considerable similarities in the colour pattern of the forewings (in both of these species it is light brown but some specimens from Thailand have bright spots) and also the wing length is the same (5–7 mm) as mentioned by Malicky 1997b. The only possible difference is in the shape of tergum X in these species. Ch. simayorum Oláh & Johanson 2008 also seems to be the same species. We refrain from designating these species as synonyms pending further morphological and molecular study.

Distribution: Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia (Bali, Java, Sumatra), China, Malaysia, India.

Figures

FIGURES 6–9. Cheumatopsyche globosa (Ulmer 1910), male genitalia. 6, left lateral; 7, dorsal; 8, inferior appendages, caudal; 9, apex of phallus, ventral.