Austrotinodes mubar, DI Cartwright, 2009

Cartwright, David I., 2009, Austrotinodes Schmid, a South and Central American caddisfly genus, newly recorded in Australia, with the description of new species (Trichoptera: Ecnomidae), Zootaxa 2142 (1), pp. 1-19 : 10-11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2142.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5333794
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/11126232-FFA1-F34F-7DB8-818FFCEAFB8A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Austrotinodes mubar
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Austrotinodes mubar sp. nov.

Figs 16–18 View FIGURES 16–24 , 38 View FIGURES 37–40

Diagnosis. Austrotinodes mubar separates from the other group members in that the superior appendages in lateral view are relatively slender and tapered in apical half; in dorsal view, with subapical mesal process, forming a shallow concavity with apex.

Description. Head, body and wings brown; wings similar to A. yalga ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 8–15 ). Forewing length about 2.9–3.2 times width: male 5.8–6.2 mm. Forewing fork 2 long, with footstalk, footstalk about twice the length of cross-vein r-m, length fork about same length as fork 3; fork 3 long, length fork about 2.8–3.1 times length footstalk, footstalk length about 1.8 times length cross-vein m. Hindwing length about 3 times width; fork 2 footstalk short, length about 0.9–1.2 times length cross-vein r-m, fork about same length as fork 3.

Male. Tergum X membranous with a pair of slender, straight processes ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 16–24 ). Superior appendages in lateral view, relatively slender and tapered in apical half, with short ventro-mesal process with group of four long spines ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 16–24 ); in dorsal view, length about 3 times width, with subapical mesal process, forming a shallow concavity with apex, extensive membranous area mesal to superior appendages ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 16–24 ). Phallus generally tube-like, slightly bulbous apically ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 16–24 ); with a dark bifid process (phallic guide) arising from near the base of the inferior appendages. Inferior appendages in ventral view, small, paired ‘talon-like’ processes, bases widely separated ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 16–24 ); in lateral view, length about same as width, very broad and rounded laterally near the middle, narrowed subapically, with rounded apex ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 16–24 ).

Female. Female genitalia with a pair of slender lobes with small mesal processes meso-basally; segment IX relatively long, tapered slightly distally, segment XI relatively very short with pair of cerci and papillae; segments IX and X have scattered pairs of ‘spiny-hairs’ ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 37–40 ).

Holotype male: New South Wales, Gloucester Tops (about 32°04'S, 151°25'E), el. 1280 m, 4–30 Dec 1988, malaise, D. Bickel ( NMV, T- 20361). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: New South Wales. 1 male (specimen PT-1802 figured) , 1 female, collected with holotype GoogleMaps ; 1 female (specimen CT-495 figured), same site and collector as holotype, 19 Nov– 4 Dec 1988; 1 female, Gloucester Tops 32°04'S, 151°34'E, el. 1300 m, 2-3 Dec 1988, Theischinger and Mueller ( NMV) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. Mubar - Aboriginal word for spine (superior appendages).

Remarks. This species is known from only two male and three female specimens collected from the type locality in north-eastern New South Wales (latitude 32°04'S).