Chimarra intexta Mosely, 1931

Blahnik, Roger & Andersen, Trond, 2022, New species of the genus Chimarra Stephens from Africa (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae) and characterization of the African groups and subgroups of the genus, ZooKeys 1111, pp. 43-198 : 43

Chimarra intexta Mosely, 1931

Fig. 29A-F

Chimarrha intexta Mosely, 1931: 546-547, figs 6-9.

Chimarra intexta Mosely: Kimmins 1958: 359, 361, fig. 2 (distribution: Sierra Leone); Fischer 1961: 60; Gibon 1985: 25 (distribution: Ivory Coast); Gibon 2015: 335, 346 (distribution [table, map]: Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Guinea).

Material examined.

Ghana - Central Reg. ● 1♂; Kakum Forest Reserve; 5°21'N, 1°22'W; 8 Nov. 1994; T Andersen leg.; light trap; ZMBN ● 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; UMSP. - Greater Accra Reg. ● 1♂; Legon, Botanical Garden; 5°51'55"N, 0°11'15"W; 19 Nov. 1994; T Andersen leg.; light trap; ZMBN. - Western Reg. ● 1♂; Ankasa Game Production Reserve ; 5°15'N, 2°37'W; 31 Mar. 1993; J Kjærandsen leg.; light trap; UMSP ● 1♂ 2♀♀; same collection data as for preceding except 5 Dec. 1993; T Andersen & J Kjærandsen leg.; ZMBN .

Diagnosis.

Chimarra intexta is most readily diagnosed from other species of the subgroup by the shape and form of the lateral lobes of tergum X, which are short, weakly sclerotized, and have the out-turned lateral apices only weakly angulate, and also by the general form of the inferior appendages, which have the dorsal process strongly mesally curved, elongate, and acute apically, and also have a small tooth or cusp on the ventromesal surface, visible in lateral view.

Distribution.

Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra-Leone.

Figures

Figure 29. Chimarra intexta Mosely, ♂ genitalia A lateral B dorsal, segments IX and X C inferior appendage, ventral D inferior appendage, dorsal E inferior appendage, caudal F phallus, lateral.