Chimarra nicehuh

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Philopotamoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Trichoptera Subordo: Annulipalpia Superfamilia: Philopotamoidea

Familia: Philopotamidae
Subfamilia: Chimarrinae
Genus: Chimarra
Species: Chimarra nicehuh

Name

• Chimarra nicehuh Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2012: figs. 4A–F, 11

Holotype: UMSP (UMSP000026909), ♂.

Type locality: VENEZUELA: Trujillo: Quebrada Potrerito, 7.5 km NE Boconó, 9°16.435'N, 70°13.102'W, 1530 m, 29-30.iv.1995, Holzenthal, Cressa, Gutic.

Etymology: The name of this species should be considered an arbitrary combination of letters. It resulted from an observation made by the first author when seeing the genitalia of this distinctive species for the first time, “Nice, huh?”

References

• Blahnik, Roger J. & Ralph W. Holzenthal, 2012: New Neotropical species of Chimarra (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae). ZooKeys, 184: 1–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.184.2911.