Laudee Pongsak, Seetapan Kriengkrai, Vongsombath Chanda, Malicky Hans
Department of Fishery and Costal Resources, Faculty of Science and Industrial Technology, Prince of Songkla University, Surat Thani Campus, Muang District, Surat Thani Province, Thailand Prince of Songkla University Surat Thani Thailand.
School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Phayao, Tumbol Maeka, Muang District, Phayao Province, Thailand University of Phayao Phayao Thailand.
Zookeys. 2020 Aug 20;962:1-11. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.962.52759. eCollection 2020.
Four new species of caddisflies are added to the fauna of Mekong River, Laos. Described and illustrated are and (Ecnomidae), (Polycentropodidae), and (Psychomyiidae) from tributaries of the Mekong River, Laos. can be distinguished by the characters of the superior appendages, which are slender and club-shaped in lateral view. In , the inferior appendages are tubular with a concave incision subapically and truncated apex. has the distal process of the dorsal branch of the inferior appendage close to the base of the inferior appendages and the length of the process is half of inferior appendages. can be distinguished by the structure of the dorsal branches of the harpagones and apical sclerite. The outer branches of the harpago in the latter species are bifurcated and bent 90° degrees outward, and the inner dorsal branches of harpago are curved outward. The apical sclerite is indiscernible.
四种新的毛翅目昆虫被加入到老挝湄公河的动物区系中。文中描述并图示了采自老挝湄公河支流的 和 (沼石蛾科)、 (多距石蛾科)以及 (长角石蛾科)。 可通过其阳茎侧视呈细长棒状的特征来区分。在 中,其下附肢呈管状,近顶端有凹口且顶端截形。 的下附肢背支远端突起靠近下附肢基部,且突起长度为下附肢的一半。 可通过抱器背支和顶端骨片的结构来区分。后一种的抱器外支分叉并向外弯曲90度,抱器内背支向外弯曲。顶端骨片难以辨认。