Mortoniella (Mortoniella) punensis ( Flint, 1983 )

Blahnik, Roger J. & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2017, Revision of the northern South American species of Mortoniella Ulmer 1906 (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae: Protoptilinae) *, Insecta Mundi 2017 (602), pp. 1-251 : 76

Mortoniella (Mortoniella) punensis ( Flint, 1983)

Fig. 61

Mexitrichia punensis Flint, 1983: 9 ; Rueda Martín and Gibon 2008: 223 [reillustration, distribution]. Mortoniella punensis (Flint) : Blahnik and Holzenthal 2008: 69 [member of leroda group]; Blahnik and Holzenthal 2011: 45 [redescription, reillustration, member of punensis subgroup].

This species was originally described from Argentina and subsequently recorded from Bolivia by Rueda Martín and Gibon (2008). It was assigned to the punensis subgroup by Blahnik and Holzenthal (2011), who also redescribed the species. The reader is referred to that publication for the redescription. The reillustration is included here for completeness of coverage. Mortoniella punensis can be distinguished from all of the species of the punensis subgroup by the structure of tergum X, which has the apicomesal margin expanded and rounded. Like M. marini (Rueda Martín and Gibon) , it has upright lobes from the ventral margin of the phallicata. The two species undoubtedly form a closely related species pair.

Distribution — Argentina, Bolivia.

Figures

Figure 61. Mortoniella (Mortoniella) punensis (Flint), male genitalia. A—lateral; B—segment IX and tergum X, dorsal; C—phallic ensemble, ventral; D—dorsal phallic spine, dorsal; E—ventral process of segment VI, lateral.