A preliminary survey of the inland aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Author
Rogers, D. Christopher
Author
Cruz-Rivera, Edwin
text
Journal of Natural History
2021
2021-06-16
55
13 - 14
799
850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1923850
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2021.1923850
1464-5262
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Chimarra
sp.
Representatives of the
Philopotamidae
(
Chimarra maldonadoi
Flint, 1964
,
C. albomaculata
Kolbe, 1888
, and
C. puertoricensis
Flint, 1964
) are known from
Puerto Rico
(
Botosaneanu 2002
). We found a single pupa, probably of the genus
Chimarra
, in Spring Road ghut in the algal mats at the base of the water tank, below a leaking crack on the front. Mature adult males are needed for a positive determination. This is the first record of the family from the
Virgin Islands
.