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Issue: Vol. 2641 No. 1: 11 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2641.1.5
Page range: 47–54
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

Five new species and new records of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland

Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Trichoptera Hydroptilidae Orphninotrichia Orthotrichia new species new records relationships

Abstract

Five new species of Hydroptilidae are described from the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland: Orphninotrichia barbarae sp. nov., O. desleyae sp. nov., and O. alata sp. nov.; and Orthotrichia rentzi sp. nov. and O. andicairnsae sp. nov. New records extend the known distribution of one species in each of these genera, and brief comments are given on probable classification of the genus Orphninotrichia and on biology as deduced from collecting data.

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