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Issue: Vol. 2638 No. 1: 6 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2638.1.2
Page range: 25–43
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 16

Description of new Chimarra (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) species from the Solomon Islands

Entomology Department, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Entomology Department, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden Zoological Institute, University of Stockholm, SE-106 09 Stockholm, Sweden
Trichoptera Philopotamidae Chimarra Solomon Islands new species

Abstract

Nine new species of Chimarra (Philopotamidae) are described from the Solomon Islands. Chimarra maculata, C. veveensis, C. babarensis, and C. ventrospina are described from Kolombangara Island; and C. talinensis, C. kolombangensis, C. vitapinensis, C. solomonensis, and C. rosavensis were described from both Guadalcanal Island and Kolombangara Island. Chimarra biramosa Kimmins was collected from both Kolombangara Island and Guadalcanal Island.

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