Kisaura trailaensis, Pandher, Manpreet Singh & Saini, Malkiat Singh, 2015

Pandher, Manpreet Singh & Saini, Malkiat Singh, 2015, Five new species of genus Kisaura Ross (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from Himachal Pradesh (India), Zootaxa 4021 (2), pp. 377-386 : 378

Kisaura trailaensis sp. nov.

( Figs. 1–4 )

Material examined. Holotype male, India: Himachal Pradesh; Traila, 2300 m, 17-vii-2010, Pandher and Parey, deposited in NPC.

Paratypes: Collection data same as of holotype, 1 male.

Diagnosis. This species is close to Kisaura schimplzichta Malicky 1995 , reported from Vietnam. However, the thumb-like preanal appendages, long tergum X, and small lateral spiniform process of each preanal appendage in K. trailaensis sp. nov. make it distinct from Kisaura schimplzichta in which the preanal appendages are truncate, tergum X is small, and the lateral spiniform processes are longer with respect to the preanal appendages.

Adult male: Body color in alcohol brown, wings yellowish hyaline, maxillary palps pale yellow, dorsum of head dark brown. Length from tip of head to apex of folded forewings 6.50 mm; maxillary palps each 1.75 mm long, segment III 1.5 times longer than II, segment V almost double length of IV; labial palps each 0.75 mm long. Length of each forewing 5.25 mm, its discoidal cell 3 times its width; hind wings each about 4.50 mm long, fork I absent in both forewings and hind wings.

Male genitalia ( Figs.1–4 ): Tergite VIII produced medially in dorsal view; sternite VIII with small ventral process. Segment IX moderately elongated, broad, trapezoidal, anterodorsal margin acutely produced in lateral view; posterolaterally with concave excision; posteroventrally slightly produced. Inferior appendages each 2- segmented, basal segment (coxopodite) slightly longer than apical segment (harpago), narrow basally, superior and inferior margins convex, rounded and broad distally, stouter than apical segment in lateral view, having two apicomesal lobes, of which inferior lobe with tuft of long setae; apical segment compressed, curved somewhat dorsad, mesal surface with curved row of dark brush-like spines in dorsal and ventral views. Tergum X membranous, extending to apex of basal segment of inferior appendages, with lateral spiniform process arising on each side at its base, directed cephalad and then recurved caudoventrad, reaching beyond base of basal segment of corresponding inferior appendages, with articulated spinelet at apex. Preanal appendages each as long as segment IX, broad medially, leaf-like in lateral view and clavate in dorsal view. Phallus membranous, completely surrounded by tergum X and almost indistinguishable from tergum X when in retracted position, with retracted spines hidden between preanal appendages in lateral view.

Distribution. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh.

Etymology. This species is named after type locality “Traila.”

Figures

FIGURE 1 – 8. Kisaura spp., male genitalia. 1 – 4, K. trailaensis sp. nov.: 1, left lateral; 2, tergum VIII, dorsal; 3, dorsal; 4, right preanal appendage, dorsal. 5 – 8, K. barotensis sp. nov.: 5, left lateral; 6, tergum VIII, dorsal; 7, dorsal; 8, right preanal appendage, dorsal. IX = abdominal segment X; VIII = abdominal segment VIII; X = tergum X.