Oxyethira redunca

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 redunca

Name

• Oxyethira redunca Thomson & Holzenthal, 2012: fig. 8

Holotype: UMSP (UMSP000095176), ♂.

Type locality: VENEZUELA: Bolívar: Gran Sabana, E. Pauji, “Río Curvita”, 4°31.237'N, 61°31.591'W, 869 m, 15–16.vii.2010, UV light, Holzenthal, Thomson, Cressa.

Etymology: The Latin word reduncus meaning “bent backward”, referring to the sharply bent dorsal processes of segment IX.

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.