Chimarra latiforceps

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 latiforceps

Name

• Chimarra latiforceps Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2012: figs. 15A–E, 17A–B

Holotype: MZUSP (UMSP000200929), ♂.

Type locality: BRAZIL: São Paulo: Parque Estadual de Campos do Jordão, Rio Galharda, 22°41.662'S, 45°27.783'W, 1530 m, 13–15.ix.2002, Blahnik, Prather, Melo, Huamantinco.

Etymology: This species is named Chimarra latiforceps, from the Latin words latus, wide, and forceps, a pincers or tong, in reference to the inferior appendages, which are shaped something like a pair of broad tipped forceps.

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.