Metrichia circuliforme

Taxonavigation

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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 circuliforme

Name

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Metrichia circuliforme Santos, Takiya & Nessimian, 2016

  • Type locality: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Rio das Pedras, Cachoeira de Deus, 22°25'00"S 44°32'50"W, el. 689 m.
  • Holotype: Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, ♂, 06.iii.2008, JL Nessimian, LL Dumas & MR de Souza cols., light trap.
  • Etymology: The new species name is an allusion to the rounded and simple inferior appendages, derived from the Latin, ‘‘circuli-’’ and ‘‘form’’ meaning ‘‘rounded shape’’.

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