Holzenthal Ralph W, Rios-Touma Blanca
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus, St. Paul, MN, United States of America.
Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas. Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud -BIOMAS-, Universidad de las Americas, Quito, Ecuador.
PeerJ. 2018 Jun 27;6:e4981. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4981. eCollection 2018.
The male and female of a new species of long-horned caddisfly, , are described from the high Andes of Ecuador. The new species was found above 4,000 m, representing the highest recorded elevation for a species in the genus. The larval stage of the species is also described. Only a total of 13 larvae were collected during a 17-month sampling program and 11 adults, suggesting that the species is rare. Larvae were found mainly in leaf packs. A male and female were observed in a mating swarm ca. 3 m above a stream during late afternoon. In addition, we redescribe the adult male of (Ross), previously known from Ecuador from unsubstantiated literature records.
一种新的长角石蛾的雄性和雌性在厄瓜多尔的高安第斯山脉被描述。该新物种发现于海拔4000米以上,代表了该属物种有记录的最高海拔。该物种的幼虫阶段也被描述。在为期17个月的采样计划中,总共只收集到13只幼虫和11只成虫,这表明该物种很罕见。幼虫主要在落叶堆中被发现。在傍晚时分,观察到一只雄性和一只雌性在一条溪流上方约3米处的交配群中。此外,我们重新描述了(Ross)的成年雄性,此前仅从厄瓜多尔未经证实的文献记录中得知该物种。