Title
A new species of Silvatares (Trichoptera, Pisuliidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Senckenberg Research Institute
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
A new species of caddisfly in the family Pisuliidae from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is described and illustrated herein, Silvatares holzenthali sp. nov. Based on the presence of a pair of spines on the endotheca, this species belongs to the thrymmifer group. Additionally, Silvatares laetae is recorded for the first time from the D.R. Congo.
Start page
371
End page
380
Volume
2022
Issue
1111
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85134171475
Source
ZooKeys
ISSN of the container
13132989
Sponsor(s)
This study is an outcome of and was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Project “Innovative integration of high-throughput DNA barcoding, transcriptome-based constrained phylogenetics, hyperspectral imaging, and morphology to assess and characterize a poorly known fauna”, PA1617/4-1). We also thank Bisimwa Bishweka and Burhalike Nyakaminika (Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, DRC) for their assistance in the field.
Sources of information:
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