Oxyethira bettyae

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: Hydroptilini
Genus: Oxyethira
Species: Oxyethira bettyae

Name

• Oxyethira bettyae Thomson & Holzenthal, 2012: fig. 6

Holotype: UMSP (UMSP000095178), ♂.

Type locality: VENEZUELA: Guárico: UCV San Nicolasito Field Station, 08°8.296'N, 66°24.459'W, 62 m, 5.vii.2010, UV light, Holzenthal, Thomson.

Etymology: Named in honor of the first author’s grandmother, Betty Welter, who passed away while this work was in progress.

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.