Contulma tripui

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sericostomatoidea

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: Integripalpia Superfamilia: Sericostomatoidea

Familia: Anomalopsychidae
Genus: Contulma
Species: Contulma tripui

Name

Contulma tripui Holzenthal & Robertson, 2006

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Estação Ecológica do Tripui, Córrego Tripui, 20º23'22"S, 43º32'32"W, el. 1070 m.

Holotype: MZUSP. male. UMSP000046938. 20.IX.1998. Paprocki & Braga.

Etymology: Named for the small stream in the ecological station of the same name, known for harboring an endemic species of onychophoran, Peripatus acacioi. Tripui is the indigenous Tupi word for fast or quick water.

References

• Holzenthal, R.W. & Robertson, D.R. 2006. Four new species of Contulma from South America (Trichoptera: Anomalopsychidae). Zootaxa 1355: 49–59. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1355.1.3, PDF. Reference page.