Metrichia circuliforme

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 circuliforme

Name

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’’.

References

Primary references

• Santos, A.P.M., Takiya, D.M. & Nessimian, J.L. 2016. Integrative taxonomy of Metrichia Ross (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae: Ochrotrichiinae) microcaddisflies from Brazil: descriptions of twenty new species. PeerJ 4: e2009. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2009 Reference page.  [original description]