A new species of Silvatares (Trichoptera, Pisuliidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo Author Razuri-Gonzales, Ernesto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-0816 Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Entomology III, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, Germany & Loewe Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt, Germany ernesto.razuri-gonzales@senckenberg.de Author Ngera, M. Francois Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Author Pauls, Steffen U. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6451-3425 Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Entomology III, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, Germany & Loewe Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt, Germany & Institute of Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany text ZooKeys 2022 2022-07-11 1111 371 380 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1111.85307 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1111.85307 1313-2970-1111-371 64A5821286264344975CE0838B3AE7DE 66AE64BFD5585641AC0B2E5507F510DE Silvatares laetae Ngirinshuti & Johanson, 2019 Silvatares laetae Ngirinshuti & Johanson, 2019 [type locality: Rwanda: Wester Province: Nyamasheke District, Nyungwe National Park, Gisakura, Karamba River; NRS; ♂]. Material examined. Democratic Republic Of The Congo ; Sud-Kivu , Kahuzi-Biega National Park , Tshibati sector, Chashoga swamp; 2.21706°S , 28.7785°E , 2,030 m a.s.l. ; 10 Jul. 2005 ; S. U. Pauls ; collected from vegetation using a hand net (SMF). New country record . Comments. This species has recently been described from the Nyungwe National Park in southwestern Rwanda, and it is one of the few species with broad distributions; however, this is a new distributional record. The male genitalia are identical to the illustrations provided in the original description.