New Cernotina caddisflies from the Ecuadorian Amazon (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae)

Lucas M. Camargos; Blanca Ríos-Touma; Ralph W. Holzenthal

doi:10.7717/peerj.3960

New Cernotina caddisflies from the Ecuadorian Amazon (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae)

Lucas M. Camargos^*
, Blanca Ríos-Touma
, Ralph W. Holzenthal

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Universidad de las Americas - Ecuador

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Two new species of the caddisfly genus Cernotina Ross, 1938 (Polycentropodidae) are described from the lowland Amazon basin of Ecuador, Cernotina tiputini, new species, and Cernotina waorani, new species. These represent the first new species described from this region. We also record from Ecuador for the first time Cernotina hastilis Flint, previously known from Tobago, and present new Ecuadorian locality records for C. cygnea Flint, and C. lobisomem Santos & Nessimian. The homology of the intermediate appendage of the male genitalia of this genus is established. The region surveyed is under severe environmental threat from logging, mining, and crude oil extraction, making the description of the biodiversity of the region imperative.

Original language	English
Article number	e3960
Journal	PeerJ
Volume	2017
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3960
State	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Amazonian streams
Aquatic macroinvertebrates
Endemism
Homology
Morphology
Neotropics
Species description
Taxonomy

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