Three new species of Atopsyche Banks (Trichoptera, Hydrobiosidae) from Brazil

Allan P M Santos; Ralph W Holzenthal

doi:10.3897/zookeys.207.3419

Three new species of Atopsyche Banks (Trichoptera, Hydrobiosidae) from Brazil

Zookeys. 2012:(207):65-78. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.207.3419. Epub 2012 Jul 11.

Authors

Allan P M Santos¹, Ralph W Holzenthal

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. box 68044, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-971, Brazil.

Abstract

Three new species of Atopsyche Banks (Hydrobiosidae) from Brazil are described and illustrated: Atopscyhe (Atopsaura) blahnikisp. n., Atopsyche (Atopsyche) paraunasp. n., and Atopsyche (Atopsaura) galharadasp. n. Additional illustrations of the male genitalia of Atopsyche urumarca Schmid are provided, including its populational variation. Also, we provide new state records for 2 species: Atopsyche (Atopsyche) urumarca from São Paulo, and Atopsyche (Atopsaura) plancki Marlier from Santa Catarina.

Keywords: Atlantic forest; Atopsyche; Brazil; Hydrobiosidae; Neotropics; caddisfly.