Metrichia bostrychion

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: Hydroptilidae
Subfamilia: Hydroptilinae
Tribus: Ochrotrichiini
Genus: Metrichia
Species: Metrichia bostrychion

Name

• Metrichia bostrychion Thomson & Holzenthal, 2012: fig. 3

Holotype: UMSP (UMSP000095197), ♂.

Type locality: VENEZUELA: Monagas: Guachero Cave National Park at La Paila waterfall, 10°10.322'N, 63°33.315'W, 1110 m, 20–21.vii.2010, sweep net, Holzenthal, Thomson.

Etymology: The diminutive of the Greek word bostrychos meaning “curl”, referring to the small spiral in the second apical spine on the phallus.

References

• Thomson, Robin E. & Ralph W. Holzenthal, 2012: New species and records of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from Venezuela. ZooKeys, 185: 19–39. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.185.2909.