Browsing by Subject "Chimarra"

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    Chimarra of Sabah and Sarawak, northern Borneo (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae)
    (Brill Academic Publishers, 2009) Blahnik, Roger J.; Holzenthal, Ralph W.; Huisman, Jolanda
    Thirty new species of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from the Malaysian part of Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak) are described, and eight previously described species are redescribed (Chimarra dulitensis Kimmins, 1955 and C. demeter Malicky, 2000, originally described from the Malaysian part of Borneo; and also C. phlegyas Malicky, 2008; C. polyneikes Malicky, 2008; C. prokrustes Malicky, 2008; C. terramater Malicky, 2008; C. thaumas Malicky, 2008; and C. tityos Malicky, 2008, originally described from the Indonesian part of Borneo, but now also recorded from the Malaysian part of Borneo). New species described include: Chimarra antheae, C. caduca, C. chanchuluni, C. cuspidata, C. cygnus, C. danumensis, C. dejongi, C. denticula, C. devogeli, C. drepane, C. fuilianae, C. gyrospina, C. jannekae, C. karlijnae, C. kinabaluensis, C. lambi, C. liwaguensis, C. noloyan, C. noohi, C. phillipsae, C. physanoton, C. preapicalis, C. scolops, C. silausilau, C. sinitorum, C. stenodactylus, C. vantoli, C. vanwelzeni, C. ventritropis, and C. xiphosella. Two major groups, the Chimarra tsudai group and the Chimarra digitata group are recognized, based on characters of the male genitalia and wing venation, to include most of these species.
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    New Neotropical species of Chimarra (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae)
    (Pensoft Publishers, 2012) Blahnik, Roger J.; Holzenthal, Ralph W.
    Ten new Neotropical species of Chimarra are described in the subgenera Chimarra, Chimarrita, and Otarrha. New species in the subgenus Chimarra include, in the C. ortiziana group: C. calori sp. n. (southeastern Brazil) and C. onchyrhina sp. n. (Venezuela); in the C. picea group: C. inchoata sp. n. (Venezuela), C. nicehuh sp. n. (Venezuela), and C. sunima sp. n. (Colombia); and in the C. poolei group: C. cauca sp. n. (Colombia) and C. desirae sp. n. (Bolivia). New species in the subgenus Chimarrita include, in the C. simpliciforma group: C. curvipenis sp. n. (SE Brazil) and C. latiforceps sp. n. (SE Brazil). A single new species in the subgenus Otarrha is also described: C. soroa sp. n. (Cuba). Males and females for all of the new species are illustrated, except for C. desirae, for which female specimens were unavailable. Additionally, the female of C. (Chimarrita) camella, which was previously unknown, is illustrated.