Athripsodes alentexanus, Martín & González & Martínez, 2016

Martín, Luis, González, Marcos A. & Martínez, Jesús, 2016, A new species of Athripsodes from the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae), Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (2), pp. 199-201 : 199-200

Athripsodes alentexanus sp. nov.

Holotype ♂: Portugal, Montenegro ( Alentejo ), Río Sado, 75 m, 37°42′N, 8°20′W, 4-IV-1989 (leg. L. Terra).

Paratypes: Portugal: Montenegro ( Alentejo ), Río Sado , 75 m, 37°42′N, 8°20′W, 4-IV-1989, 8 ♂♂; 5-IV-1989, 4 ♂♂; 3-V-1989, 1 ♂. Gomes Aires (Alentejo), Río Mira , 190 m, 37°31′N, 8°11′W, 13-IV-1989, 1 ♂. Foz do Ribeiro (Algarve), Río Arade , 125 m, 37°18′N, 8°14′W, 14-IV-1988, 1 ♂. Alqueidao do Rei (Región Centro), Ribeira de Alcobertas , 70 m, 39°24′N, 8°51′W, 2-V-1989, 1 ♂ (all leg. L. Terra). Spain: Benamahoma (Cádiz), Arroyo del Descansadero, 400 m, 36°45′01.8″N, 5°27′11.3″W, 7-VIII-1986, 1 ♂ (leg. M. González) . Obejo ( Córdoba ), Valle del Lóbrego, Sierra Morena, 275 m, 38°8′6.77″N, 4°43′58.22″W, 15-VI-2011, 2 ♂♂ (leg. J. Martínez) . Umbría del Cuzna ( Córdoba ), Río Cuzna, Sierra Morena, 281 m, 38°8′8.04″N, 4°44′24.79″W, 15-VI-2011, 2 ♂♂ (leg. J. Martínez) . Villaharta ( Córdoba ), Majada del Perro , Río Guadalbarbo, Sierra Morena, 390 m, 38°8′9.82″N, 4°51′17.06″W, 15-VI-2011, 1 ♂ (leg. J. Martínez) .

Male: Forewing length 10–12 mm. Antennae, head, and thorax dark brown; abdomen light brown, maxillary palp dark brown; femur and tibia of forelegs dark brown with dark brown hairs; forewings and hindwing uniformly light brown (all the material preserved in ethyl alcohol). Tibial spur formula 2,2,2.

Genitalia ( Figures 1–4 ): 9th segment with dorsal apical margin produced in a median process, clearly bilobed in dorsal view; in lateral view the 9th segment is curved and wider ventrally than dorsally. The superior appendages are digitiform and shorter than the 10th segment, about 2/3 as long as it. 10th segments long, divided at distal third into two pointed branches, equal in length and conspicuously sclerotized at the tips. In dorsal view both branches are lightly interlaced at the apex. The first segment of the inferior appendages, in lateral view, is very strongly elongated; ending in a sharp point directed upward and turned outward, which is clearly visible in dorsoventral view. The second segment is very short, robust, and apically bidentate. Phallus strongly constricted and downcurved at its base.

Female: Unknown.

Figures

Figures 1–4. Athripsodes alentexanus sp. nov., male genitalia. 1- Lateral view; 2- phallus, lateral view; 3- ventral view; 4- dorsal view.