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First records of Microptila Ris (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from Japan, with description of a new species
Author(s) -
KJÆRANDSEN Jostein,
ITO Tomiko
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00320.x
Subject(s) - biology , fauna , affinities , type locality , habitat , larva , ecology , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , biochemistry
Microptila orienthula , sp. n. from Japan is described and illustrated based on adults of both sexes. The new species represents the first finding of Microptila in the Eastern Palaearctic Region, and it appears to be more closely related to Oriental species of Microptila than to the two Western Palaearctic species. The finding of a new species with affinities to the Oriental species as far northeast as Japan is noteworthy but fits well with general zoogeographical affinities of the Japanese fauna to the Oriental Region. The type locality indicates a hygropetric habitat for the larva, in agreement with the known larval habitat of the European type species Microptila minutissima Ris, 1897.