Culoptila cascada

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhyacophiloidea

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: Rhyacophiloidea

Familia: Glossosomatidae
Subfamilia: Protoptilinae
Genus: Culoptila
Species: Culoptila cascada

Name

Culoptila cascada Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006

Type locality: Costa Rica, Cartago, Reserva Tapanti, Quebrada Palmitos and falls, ca. 9 km (road) NW tunnel, 09º43′12″N, 083º46′48″W, 1400m.

Holotype: UMSP. male. UMSP000000495. 1-2.VIII.1990. Holzenthal , Blahnik & Muñoz.

Etymology

The name cascada, Spanish for falls, was given to this species because all of the type material was collected in the vicinity of small falls or cascades.

References

• Blahnik, Roger J. & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2006, Zootaxa 1233: 1–52 [1]