Neotropical Biology and Conservation (Apr 2024)

The Trichoptera of Panama. XXV. Eight new country records of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera)

  • Brian J. Armitage,
  • Yusseff P. Aguirre,
  • Tomas A. Ríos Gonzalez,
  • Viterbo Rodriguez,
  • Roger J. Blahnik,
  • Steven C. Harris

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.19.e117513
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 17 – 24

Abstract

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Herein we add eight new country records to Panama’s caddisfly fauna (Insecta, Trichoptera): Hydropsychidae – Leptonema turrialbum Flint, McAlpine & Ross, 1987; Polycentropodidae – Polyplectropus bravoae Bueno-Soria, 1990; Hydroptilidae – Mayatrichia ayama Mosely, 1937 and Bredinia selva Harris, Holzenthal & Flint, 2002; Glossosomatidae – Mortoniella stilula Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2008; Anomalopsychidae – Contulma talamanca Holzenthal & Flint, 1995; Helicopsychidae – Helicospyche planata Ross, 1956; and Odontoceridae – Marilia crea Mosely, 1949. The Republic of Panama now has 533 species of caddisflies distributed among 15 families and 56 genera.