A review of the Australian species of Ecnomina Kimmins and Daternomina Neboiss (Trichoptera: Ecnomidae) Cartwright, David I. Zootaxa 2008 2008-05-21 1774 1 1 76 Cartwright, 2008 Cartwright 2008 [151,391,1151,1177] Insecta Ecnomidae Daternomina GBIF Animalia Trichoptera 16 17 Arthropoda species loowa sp. nov.   Figures 25–27, 58 Diagnosis.  Daternomina loowacan be distinguished from closely related  Daternominaspecies,  D. trullaand  D. quasitrulla, by having truncate superior appendages and fused, short inferior appendages with relatively shallow notch apically, dividing at most the distal third. Description. Head, body and wings brown; wings similar to  D. irrorata( Fig. 1). Forewing length about 2.8–3.0 times width: male 4.4 mm, female 4.6 mm. Forewing fork 2 relatively long, sessile, length about 1.7 times length of fork 3, nygma present; fork 3 relatively long, length about 2.3–2.5 times length footstalk, footstalk length about 1.5–1.7 times length cross-vein m; r-m and m displaced at fork 3 by about 1.8 times length cross-vein m; fork 4 length similar to fork 3; fork 5 long, length about 1.8 times length of fork 4. Hindwing length about 3 times width, fork 2 sessile, length about 1.5 times length of fork 3. Male. Tergum X membranous with a pair of small disto-mesal processes ( Fig. 27). Superior appendages strongly laterally compressed; in lateral view, broad, truncate distally, length about 2.5 times width ( Fig. 25); in dorsal view, relatively slender, length about 5 times width, with a group of spines on inner surface ( Fig. 27). Phallus generally tube-like, with a pair of long embedded spines; with a pair of slender, curved processes (phallic guides) arising from near the base of the inferior appendages ( Fig. 25). Inferior appendages small, fused, strongly dorso-ventrally compressed; in ventral view, short, rounded laterally, with a shallow, wide Vshaped notch distally ( Fig. 26); in lateral view, relatively short and robust ( Fig. 25). Female. Genitalia with a pair of large, narrowly separated ‘tongue-shaped’ lobes on sternite VIII, with characteristic ‘small dark triangle’ visible mesally ( Fig. 58).     Holotypemale: Queensland, Seary’s Ck, Rainbow Beach, 25º58'S, 153º04'E,  9 Jan 1986, G. Theischinger( NMV, T-19572, specimen CT-457 figured).    Paratypes: Queensland. 4 females(specimen CT-493 figured), collected with holotype;  7 females, same loc. and coll.,  6 Dec 1984( NMV).  Other material examined: Queensland. 3 females, same loc. and coll. as holotype,  9 Feb 1987;  1 female, Blue Lake, N Stradbroke Isl.,  27 May 1973, H. Burton;  1 female, Myora Springs, N Stradbroke Isl.,  3 Sep 1974, A. Bensink; 1 female, same loc., 22 Mar 1969, J. Attwood;  1 female, Dunwich(N Stradbroke Isl.),  4 May 1969, lt tr., M. Cox. Etymology. Loowa- northern Australian Aboriginal word for rainbow ( typelocality-Rainbow Beach). Remarks. One male of  Daternomina loowahas been collected from the typelocality in south-eastern Queensland, plus females from several localities including North Stradbroke Island (latitudinal range 25º58'- 27º32'S). 1986-01-09 NMV G. Theischinger -25.966667 Rainbow Beach 1244 153.06667 Seary's Ck 17 18 1 Queensland holotype [198,1233,1630,1657] 1986-01-09 NMV G. Theischinger -25.966667 Rainbow Beach 1244 153.06667 Seary's Ck 17 18 4 4 Queensland paratype 1984-12-06 NMV 17 18 7 7 Queensland paratype [198,1313,1711,1737] 1987-02-09 Queensland 17 18 3 3 Queensland holotype 1973-05-27 N Stradbroke Isl. Blue Lake 17 18 1 1 Queensland 1974-09-03 Springs, N Stradbroke Isl. 17 18 1 1 Queensland 1969-05-04 Stradbroke Isl. Dunwich 17 18 1 1 Queensland