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
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ZooKeys
2022
2022-07-11
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371
380
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1111.85307
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1111.85307
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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.