University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida 2015 The rT ichoptera of Panama. II. Ten new species of microcaddisflies T( richoptera: Hydroptilidae) Steven C. Harris Clarion University, [email protected] Brian J. Armitage Gorgas Institute, Panama, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Entomology Commons Harris, Steven C. and Armitage, Brian J., "The rT ichoptera of Panama. II. Ten new species of microcaddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae)" (2015). Insecta Mundi. 942. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/942 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. INSECTA MUNDI A Journal of World Insect Systematics 0437 The Trichoptera of Panama. II. Ten new species of microcaddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) Steven C. Harris Department of Biology and Geosciences Clarion University Clarion, PA 16214 USA [email protected] Brian J. Armitage Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudio de la Salud Ave. Justo Arosemena y Calle 35 Apartado Postal No 0816-02593 Panamá, Republic of Panamá [email protected] Date of Issue: August 28, 2015 CENTER FOR SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, INC., Gainesville, FL Harris, S. C. and B. J. Armitage The Trichoptera of Panama. II. Ten new species of microcaddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) Insecta Mundi 0437: 1–17 ZooBank Registered: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2456F124-7594-4A83-8CD4-FFB440D9BAB9 Published in 2015 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. 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Armitage Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudio de la Salud Ave. Justo Arosemena y Calle 35 Apartado Postal No 0816-02593 Panamá, Republic of Panamá [email protected] Abstract. In the Republic of Panama, the family Hydroptilidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) is currently represented by 82 species distributed among 14 genera. In this publication we provide descriptions and illustrations for 10 new species of hydroptilids in the subfamily Hydroptilinae: Tribe Leucotrichiini—Zumatrichia teribe and Z. zegla; Tribe Neotrichiini—Neotrichia pamelae and N. parabullata; and, Tribe Ochrotrichiini—Metrichia nowaczyki, M. sencilla, Nothotrichia panama, Ochrotrichia abrelata, O. nimmoi, and O. pulgara. The genus Nothotrichia is recorded from Panama for the first time. Key words. Leucotrichiini, Neotrichiini, Ochrotrichiini, Zumatrichia, Neotrichia, Metrichia, Nothotrichia, Ochrotrichia, cuenca. Introduction The Hydroptilidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) is the most diverse caddisfly family taxonomically with over 2,000 species described, and geographically with distribution on all continents save Antarctica (Holzenthal et al. 2007). In the Republic of Panama, this family is represented by 82 species distributed among 14 genera (Aydeé Cornejo, pers. comm.; Armitage et al. 2015). The subfamily Hydroptilinae is by far the larger of the two subfamilies of Hydroptilidae, containing 70 genera distributed, primarily, among six tribes (Holzenthal et al. 2007). The 10 new species described in this paper add to the diversity of three of these tribes and fall within five of the genera. These tribes and genera are all restricted to the New World, with greatest diversity in the Neotropics. One of these genera, Nothotrichia, is recorded from Panama for the first time. As a result of the Central American Hydrometeorological Project (UNESCO 2008), an international effort to characterize major cuencas (water basins) in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, and to facilitate processing and exchange of hydrographic and meteorological data, was undertaken. Panama has 52 defined cuencas (Fig. 1). The Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (Gorgas Institute) is evaluating the water quality of these, employing macroinvertebrates. We have included a cuenca descriptor (basin number) for each new recorded species and location. Methods The specimens were collected using UV light traps (Calor and Mariano 2012) by Aydeé Cornejo of the Gorgas Institute and the second author, or provided by Dr. R. Wills Flowers of Florida A&M University. Specimens were cleared in 10% KOH, washed, and examined under a stereozoom microscope. Drawings 2 • I NSECTA M UNDI 0437, August 2015 HARRIS AND ARMITAGE were made from genitalia mounted on depression slides and examined at 250X using a Leitz compound microscope, and subsequently inked by hand. Specimens listed in this publication are stored in the Universidad de Panamá Museo de Invertebrados (MIUP), and the United States National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (NMNH). The order of tribes follows the classification presented by Holzenthal et al. (2007), with the exception of Nothotrichia (Parys and Harris 2013; see Note for this genus). Terminology follows that of Marshall (1979). Length was measured from the tip of the head to the end of the wings, and given as a range when more than one individual was present. No associated females or immature stages were determined for any of these new species. Figure 1. Major cuencas (water basins) of the Republic of Panama. New species were recorded from the cuencas indicated as follows (cuenca no.–major river–cuenca area): 91–Río Changuinola–3,202 km2; 108–Río Chiriquí– 1,905 km2; and, 115–Río Chagres–3,338 km2). More comprehensive information about all major cuencas in Panama can be found at the following web site: http://www.hidromet.com.pa/cuencas.php?idioma=ing. Tribe Leucotrichiini—Genus Zumatrichia The genus Zumatrichia is represented in the Neotropics by 48 species (Morse 2015). Fifteen of these species are currently known, and nine species were first described, from Panama. Herein, we describe two new species. Zumatrichia teribe, new species Fig. 2 Zumatrichia teribe is a member of the Z. galtena Group of Flint (1970), with the structure of the basodorsal process from the inferior appendages most similar to Z.