Mortoniella pocita (Flint, 1983) Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2011

Blahnik, Roger J. & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2011, Revision of the austral South American species of Mortoniella (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae: Protoptilinae) 2851, Zootaxa 2851 (1), pp. 1-75 : 39

M. pocita subgroup

This subgroup contains only this 1 distinctive species. The dorsal phallic spine is distinctive in that it is laterally compressed and expanded apically, somewhat as in M. limona (Flint, 1981) . However, the overall resemblance to M. limona is not close and this character similarity is probably superficial. As in M. punensis ( Flint, 1983) , the dorsolateral processes of the phallicata are elongate and hook over the paramere appendages. However, they do not appear to cause the paramere appendages to cross over one another as in members of that group. From its original description and illustration, it seems that M. armata also has a somewhat similar development of the dorsolateral processes of the phallicata. However, M. armata can be easily distinguished because it has a dorsal phallic spine that it is trifurcate apically. Other character evidence for a relationship among the species discussed is tenuous and the overall differences considerable; we do not infer a necessary relationship among these species based on the processes of the phallicata alone. Additional characters defining the M. pocita subgroup include the structure of the inferior appendages, which lack a distinct dorsal projection, but have paired apicolateral projections, the absence of a ventromesal endophallic spine, and the presence of paired lateral endophallic spines (which could probably be interpreted as modified phallotremal spines).