Protoptila bicornuta Flint 1963

Armitage, Brian J., Aguirre, Yusseff, Ríos González, Tomás A. & Blahnik, Roger J., 2022, The Trichoptera of Panama. XVIII. Twelve first country records of macrocaddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) from the Republic of Panama, Zootaxa 5168 (5), pp. 578-588 : 580-581

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.5.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:05AE31AA-BAAD-4C3A-AAD6-4E894D24803B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6911572
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB5F6D31-966A-EE24-88C2-7E2BFAB14D77
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Protoptila bicornuta Flint 1963
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Protoptila bicornuta Flint 1963 View in CoL

New Records (1 locality). PANAMA — Comarca Ngäbe Buglé : Cuenca 093; Bosque Protector Palo Seco; Quebrada Martinez; 8.79424°N and 82.19047°W; 490 m a.s.l.; 29 October 2019; T. Ríos, Y. Aguirre, leg.; Malaise trap; 1 male, MUPADI-TRG-2019-154 GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras (type country), Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Identification. This species was identified from descriptions and illustrations found in the revision by Holzenthal & Blahnik (2006). The horn-like processes projecting from the phallicata are similar to those of P. cristula Holzenthal & Blahnik 2006 and P. rota Mosely 1937 . It differs from these two species by the shorter, ventral processes of the phallicata and by the ventral margin of sternum VIII, which is shorter and less deeply bifurcate apically.