Males of the genus Sericostoma Latreille 1825 in Turkey (Trichoptera Sericostomatidae)
Sipahiler, Füsun
Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-29
4965
3
483
500
6YJKY
SIPAHILER 2000
SIPAHILER
2000
[151,577,654,683]
Insecta
Sericostomatidae
Sericostoma
Animalia
Trichoptera
4
487
Arthropoda
species
ida
( Figs 6–10)
Material examined. Turkey, Balıkesir, 25 kmEast of Edremit, Güre-Zeytinli, Kazdağları, Ayı Stream, 400 m, 39°40′N, 26°49′E, 7.viii.1994, 1 male( holotype), 3 females(CD: U-95); Balıkesir, 25 kmNorth, Bayramiç, Evciler, Ayazma Milli Parkı, 500 m, 39°45′N, 26°59′E, 5.viii.1994, 2 males, 4 females( paratypes) (CD: U-96), all leg. and coll. SİPAHİLER. General description: The first 8 or 9 segments of the antennae are annulated; the maxillary palps are large ( Fig 6). Length of each male forewing 10.0–10.5 mm (mean = 10.25 mm, n =2), of each female forewing 10.5–11.0 mm (mean = 10.75 mm, n = 2). Maxillary palps of male large, like those of the other species of the genus Sericostomafound in Turkey( SİPAHİLER, 2000).
Description of male genitalia.( Figs 7–10) In lateral view, basoventral branch of each sclerotized lateral prolongation of segment X is short, quadrangular, its apex stout and truncate; mesoventral branch very short, 1/5 as long as dorsal branch, quadrangular, with apex truncate and directed ventrad, dorsal branch longer, with small triangular pointed projection located subdistally on inner edge, and apically pointed. In lateral view, phallic apparatus having apical portion 1.4X as thick as basal portion, with basoventral carina triangular and as long as thickness of base.
Diagnosis: Sericostoma idadiffers from the other species of the genus Sericostomain Turkeyby having short quadrangular mesoventral projections of the lateral prolongations of segment X, which are directed ventrad. Basoventral projections are also quadrangular. It resembles S. grusiense, which has the mesoventral projections of the lateral prolongations of segment X also directed ventrad, but in S. grusiensethey are pointed at the tips. It resembles also S. flavicorne, but the mesoventral projections of that species are directed caudad and are pointed apically.
Remarks: Sericostoma idais found in northwestern Turkeyin a small area of the National Park of Kazdağlar Mountains (Ida Mountains).
3110844306
1994-08-07
Turkey
Gure-Zeytinli
400
39.666668
Ayi Stream
1167
26.816668
Kazdaglari
4
487
4
3
1
Balikesir
holotype
3110844315
1994-08-05
Turkey
Bayramic
500
39.75
Ayazma Milli Parki
1167
26.983334
Evciler
4
487
6
4
2
Balikesir
paratype