Chimarra Stephens, 1829

Johanson, Kjell Arne & Oláh, János, 2012, Revision of the Fijian Chimarra (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae) with description of 24 new species, Zootaxa 3354, pp. 1-58 : 7-8

Chimarra Stephens, 1829

Type species: Phryganea marginata Linnaeus, 1767: 910 .

With 657 species (Johanson et al., 2011), the genus Chimarra is the 2nd largest in the order Trichoptera , surpassed only by Rhyacophila Pictet, 1834 ( Rhyacophilidae Stephens, 1836 ). The genus is cosmopolitan in distribution, but, with 230 species, the highest species diversity is in the Neotropical Region. Seventy-five percent of the species of the Australian region are restricted to New Guinea and Australia (Johanson et al., 2011). Eleven species are so far recorded from the Solomon Islands (Johanson & Espeland 2010), and 1 species ( C. hienghene Malicky, 1981 ) is known from New Caledonia ( Malicky 1981, Johanson & Espeland 2010). Three species are known from Vanuatu (Johanson et al., 2011). The genus has not been recorded from New Zealand.