Neboissomina kuranya, Cartwright, David I., 2011

Cartwright, David I., 2011, Descriptions of Neboissomina, new genus and 6 new species of Ecnomidae from Australia (Trichoptera), Zootaxa 2736, pp. 17-30 : 23

Neboissomina kuranya sp. nov.

Figs 15–17, 27

Diagnosis. Neboissomina kuranya is most similar to N. riyala in possessing inferior appendages which are fused to form a single large sub-rectangular plate, but it is distinguished by small differences in the inferior appendages, in ventral view with a single small central rounded process distally, in lateral view sub-triangular, length about 3 times width.

Description. Head, body, and wings light brown, abdomen paler ventrally; wings similar to those of N. jardinei (Fig. 2), length of each forewing: male 3.0 mm, female 3.1 mm; length about 3.0 times width; length of each hind wing 3.2–3.3 times width. Wing venation: Each forewing with forks 2, 3, 4 and 5 present; fork 2 sessile, length 1.3–1.4 times length of fork 3; fork 3 with short footstalk, length of fork about 3.8 times length of footstalk, length of footstalk of fork 3 about same length as cross-vein m, cross-veins r-m and m nearly contiguous at fork 3, r-m and m separated by 0.4–0.6 times length of cross-vein m; length of fork 5 about 1.7 times length of fork 4. Hind wings each with forks 2, 3 and 5 present; fork 2 sessile or with very short footstalk, when fookstalk of fork 2 present its length about 0.2 times length of cross-vein r-m, fork 2 length 1.3–1.4 times length of fork 3.

Male. Tergum X membranous, with 1 pair of long, slender dorsal processes, widely separated (Fig. 17). Superior appendages short and robust, in lateral view broad-based, slightly tapered distally, each with length about 2.5 times width (Fig. 15), in dorsal view length about 3 times width (Fig. 17); pair of long, slender processes (mesal processes of tergum X) at base of superior appendages. Phallus simple, tube-like, slender; with pair of long, slender processes (phallic guides) arising from near base of inferior appendages (Fig. 15). Inferior appendages slightly longer than superior appendages, fused, in ventral view large, sub-rectangular shield, truncate with single small central process distally, length about 1.3 times width (Fig. 16), in lateral view broad-based, slightly tapered distally, length about 3 times width (Fig. 15).

Female. Genitalia with pair of small oblong lobes on sternite VIII, widely separated (Fig. 27).

Holotype male (specimen CT-491 figured): Queensland, Seary’s Ck, Rainbow Beach, 25°58'S, 153°04'E, 6 Dec 1984, G. Theischinger ( NMV, T- 21061).

Paratype: Queensland. 1 female (specimen CT-492 figured), collected with holotype ( NMV).

Etymology. Kuranya - Australian Aboriginal word for “rainbow,” referring to the type locality- Rainbow Beach.

Remarks. Only 2 specimens of Neboissomina kuranya have been collected from the type locality in southeastern Queensland (latitude 25°58'S).