Phylloicus cubanus Banks, 1924

PRATHER, AYSHA L., 2003, Revision of the Neotropical caddisfly genus Phylloicus (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae), Zootaxa 275 (1), pp. 1-214 : 45-46

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.275.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89BC39FD-ABCC-4634-876D-8C1F4337C325

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5082592

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/546087A8-FFB9-2A1D-FEA9-FE97FE29E2DA

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scientific name

Phylloicus cubanus Banks
status

 

Phylloicus cubanus Banks View in CoL

Figs. 40­42 View FIGURE 40 View FIGURE 41 View FIGURE 42 , 108 View FIGURES 105-108. — 105

Phylloicus cubanus Banks, 1924:445 View in CoL [Type locality: Cuba; MCZ; male]. — Flint 1967:18 [male]. — Botosaneanu & Sykora 1973:399 [male, larva, pupa]. — Botosaneanu 1994:468 [larva].

This species is most similar to P. iridescens View in CoL , pulchrus View in CoL , and superbus View in CoL , all of which have a similar pattern of orange bands across brown wings. Phylloicus cubanus View in CoL and P. superbus View in CoL are very similar (see discussion under P. superbus View in CoL ), with an apically expanded harpago ( Fig. 41A, C View FIGURE 41 ), but P. cubanus View in CoL is the smaller of the two species.

Adult. Forewing length 7.7­9.9 mm, n = 28.

Head golden brown. Maxillary palps dark brown, covered with dark brown setae. Antenna twice forewing length; chestnut brown, with narrow patches of pale sensilla on anteromesal surface of each flagellomere. Dorsal pterothorax golden brown; ventrolateral thorax golden. Femora golden; foretibiae golden; mesotibiae golden; metatibiae dark brown; tarsi golden. Metathoracic leg of male without posterior fringe. Tibial spur formula 2,4,2. Forewing flat; dark brown; with two transverse bands; proximal band orange, reaching posterior wing margin, at least 1/2 width of wing, wide, at least 1/6 wing length; distal band orange, extending from anterior to posterior wing margins, wide, at least 1/6 wing length ( Fig. 108 View FIGURES 105-108. — 105 ). Hind wing basal brush absent.

Male. Preterminalic abdominal terga with anteromesal notch. Corematic structures absent, terga III­V unmodified, without membranous lobes or sclerotized processes. Sternum VII with short, acute anteromesal process. Sternum VIII similar to anterior sterna, sternum IX not elongate. Tergum IX deeply notched anteriorly, margins of notch ridged; posterior margin continuous with basodorsal process of tergum X ( Fig. 41B View FIGURE 41 ); lateral ridge absent; dorsal pleural setae approximately 15, ventral pleural setae absent ( Fig. 41A View FIGURE 41 ); sternum IX with paired mesolateral ridges; sternum IX ( Fig. 41C View FIGURE 41 ). Preanal appendage less than 2/3 length of tergum X, narrowly elliptic, setae long, but not filamentous or longer than appendage ( Fig. 41A, B View FIGURE 41 ). Tergum X without basal lobes; basodorsal process long and digitate; basolateral processes absent; apex, in lateral view, acute, in dorsal view, notched, notch shallow; with paired short longitudinal ridges at mid­length ( Fig. 41A, B View FIGURE 41 ). Harpago rounded; peglike setae many, apical ( Fig. 41A, C View FIGURE 41 ). Phallic endotheca with paired apicolateral lobes and paired basolateral lobes, basolateral lobes tapered apically, apicolateral lobes large and rounded; phallotremal sclerites very large, longest dimension twice diameter of phallobase; dorsal sclerite two­armed, in lateral view U­shaped ( Fig. 41D, E View FIGURE 41 ).

Female. Preterminal abdominal terga with anteromesal notch. Sternum VII with short pointed anteromesal process. Tergum VIII without posterolateral brush; sternum VIII cleft posteromesally to anterior ridge; sternum VIII ( Fig. 42C View FIGURE 42 ). Tergum IX with mesal ridge extending length of segment ( Fig. 42B View FIGURE 42 ). Sternum IX anterior lobes smooth and indistinct, posterior lobes striate, with shallow pockets anterolateral to vaginal opening ( Fig. 42A View FIGURE 42 ). Tergum X appendage length equal to mesal lobe, base distinct, apex rounded; mesal lobe lightly sclerotized; digitate lateral processes absent ( Fig. 42B View FIGURE 42 ). Sternum X with patches of short fine setae posterolaterally to anal opening ( Fig. 42A View FIGURE 42 ). Vaginal apparatus anterior and posterior sclerites equal in length; anterior sclerite rounded anteriorly, posterolateral projections acute; posterior sclerite ovoid; posterior end of spermatheca a sclerotized ring ( Fig. 42A View FIGURE 42 ).

Material examined. CUBA: 1864, Gundlach — holotype male ( MCZ) ; Holguin: Pin. Mayari , 640 m, 1.vii.1990, Becker — 2 males, 3 females ( NMNH) ; Oriente: Coast below Pico Turquino, 26.vi.1936, Darlington — 1 male ( MCZ) ; Gran Piedra Range , 2000­3000 f m, 30­31.v.1936, Darlington — 3 males ( MCZ) , 1 female ( MCZ) ; La Gran Piedra , 1.vi.1963 — 2 females ( UMSP) ; Loma del Gato, Cobre Range , 3­7.vii.1936, Darlington — 6 males, 4 females ( MCZ) ; Mountains N of Imias, 3000­4000 f m, 25­28.vii.1936, Darlington — 2 females ( MCZ) ; Sancti Spíritus: Buenos Aires, L. Villas, 1.vi.1953, Zayas — 1 male ( NMNH) ; Buenos Aires, Trinidad Mountains , 762­1067 m, 17­23.vi.1939, Parsons — 1 female ( MCZ) ; Santiago de Cuba: Pico Turquino, S side, 3000­5000 f m, 1.vi.1936, Darlington — 4 males ( MCZ) .

Distribution. Cuba.

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

UMSP

University of Minnesota Insect Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Trichoptera

Family

Calamoceratidae

Genus

Phylloicus

Loc

Phylloicus cubanus Banks

PRATHER, AYSHA L. 2003
2003
Loc

Phylloicus cubanus Banks, 1924:445

Botosaneanu, L. 1994: 468
Botosaneanu, L. & Sykora, J. L. 1973: 399
Flint, O. S., Jr. 1967: 18
Banks, N. 1924: 445
1924
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