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Issue: Vol. 1899 No. 1: 15 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1899.1.2
Page range: 25–33
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 2

Five new species of Cernotina Ross (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Trichoptera caddisflies Central Amazonia Cernotina Neotropical Polycentropodidae taxonomy

Abstract

Five new species of Cernotina Ross, 1938—Cernotina odonta sp. nov., Cernotina lobisomem sp. nov., Cernotina pesae sp. nov., Cernotina aruma sp. nov., and Cernotina flexuosa sp. nov.—are described and figured from specimens collected in Central Amazonia, Amazonas State, Brazil. With the addition of these new species, 31 species of the genus are now known from Brazil and 22 in Amazonas State.

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