Chimarra curvipenis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Philopotamoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Trichoptera Subordo: Annulipalpia Superfamilia: Philopotamoidea

Familia: Philopotamidae
Subfamilia: Chimarrinae
Genus: Chimarra
Species: Chimarra curvipenis

Name

• Chimarra curvipenis Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2012: figs. 14A–F, 16A–B

Holotype: MZUSP (UMSP000033831), ♂.

Type locality: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Serra do Cipó, Capão da Mata, 19°19.347'S, 43°32.249'W, 1170 m, 13–14.ii.1998, Holzenthal & Paprocki.

Etymology: This species is named Chimarra curvipenis for its curved or bent phallotheca, a character that helps to distinguish it from Chimarra kontilos.

References

• Blahnik, Roger J. & Ralph W. Holzenthal, 2012: New Neotropical species of Chimarra (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae). ZooKeys, 184: 1–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.184.2911.