Caloca kiandra, Shackleton, 2013

Shackleton, Michael E., 2013, New species of Caloca Mosely (Trichoptera: Calocidae) from eastern Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 70, pp. 1-10 : 5

Caloca kiandra sp. nov.

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Holotype male. NSW: Diggers Ck , Mt Kosciusko, 9 Dec 1974, E.F. Riek. T-21493, 1 male.

Paratypes. Collected with holotype: T-21494 , 1 male. T-21495 , 1 male .

Other material examined. NSW: Alpine Ck, Kiandra, 9 Dec 1964, E.F. Riek. TRI-26656, 27 males. TRI-26417, 6 males. TRI-26420, 1 male. NSW: Alpine Ck, Kiandra, 19 Dec 1962, TRI-26151, 5 males (1 illustrated).

Diagnosis. This species can be separated from other species of Caloca by the presence of three large medial spines and one large ventral spine arising medially from each inferior appendage at about mid length.

Description. Male. Length of anterior wing: 5.5–6.2 mm (n = 42). Head: anterior setal warts, small, separated; a pair of large warts on frons anterior and medial to antennae; frons with apical margin projected forward slightly; antennae about as long as anterior wing length; scape about as long as depth of head capsule, with setose projection arising from basal half and extending to distal margin. Maxillary palpi with setae on dorsal surface longer than ventral. Pronotum: with one large pair of setose warts. Mesoscutellum: with darker pigmentation in anterolateral corners. Forewing (fig. 9): covered in brown setae; fork 3 petiolate; cross-vein m-cu between MP and Cu 1a, placed distally to where MA and MP separate and where Cu 1a separates from Cu 1b; Cu 2 joins Cu 1b via cross-vein; A 1 meets Cu 2 at arculus. Hindwing (fig. 10): veins R, Rs and M very faint; fork 1 and 2 sessile; fork 3 on pedestal; fork 5 present; veins M 3+4 and Cu 2 absent; cross-vein between Cu 1 and A 1 near base of wing; nygma between veins R 4 and R 5. Genitalia (figs 6–8): segment X broad, narrowly and deeply incised apically, with row of dark spines along lateral margins in distal half of apices, ventral surface broad, concave with about three dark spines projecting posteriorly at about mid length of segment in medial quarter; preanal appendages long, slender, about three-quarters length of segment X, gently curved inwards; inferior appendages curved inwards, apices pointed, with three large medial spines and one large ventral spine arising at about the midpoint of segment.

Female and immature stages unknown.

Etymology. Named after the type locality.

Figures

Figures 1–12. Caloca ungula, male (1–5): genitalia, dorsal (1), ventral (2), lateral (3); forewing (4); hindwing (5). C. kiandra, male (6–12): genitalia, dorsal (6), ventral (7), lateral (8); forewing (9); hindwing (10); head, lateral (11), dorsal (12).