Description of 47 new species of the New Caledonian endemic caddisfly genus Agmina Ward & Schefter (Trichoptera, Ecnomidae)

New Caledonia has a rich Trichoptera fauna with over 200 known species, most of them endemic. The total diversity has been estimated as high as 300 to 600 species. The endemic genus Agmina Ward & Schefter (Ecnomidae, Trichoptera) includes 28 described species. Based on male genitalia morphology...

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Autores principales: Espeland, Marianne, Sjöberg, Tin, Johanson, Kjell Arne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7426283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32855600
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.956.51592
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Sumario:New Caledonia has a rich Trichoptera fauna with over 200 known species, most of them endemic. The total diversity has been estimated as high as 300 to 600 species. The endemic genus Agmina Ward & Schefter (Ecnomidae, Trichoptera) includes 28 described species. Based on male genitalia morphology and previously published molecular data another 47 new species in the genus are described, namely Agmina tuberosasp. nov., A. semiovalesp. nov., A. rochetasp. nov., A. tenuisasp. nov., A. multidentatasp. nov., A. cornutasp. nov., A. sagittatasp. nov., A. circulatasp. nov., A. digitatasp. nov., A. longispinasp. nov., A. magnahamatasp. nov., A. longicordatasp. nov., A. campanulasp. nov., A. semicampanulasp. nov., A. cuniculasp. nov., A. cerritulasp. nov., A. monstrosasp. nov., A. rectangulatasp. nov., A. chelasp. nov., A. piscariasp. nov., A. amplexasp. nov., A. caraffa, sp. nov., A. rostratasp. nov., A. dathioensissp. nov., A. rougensissp. nov., A. viklundisp. nov., A. latasp. nov., A. falxsp. nov., A. guttulasp. nov., A. amieuensissp. nov., A. spinasp. nov., A. complexasp. nov., A. dognyensissp. nov., A. manasp. nov., A. anterohamatasp. nov., A. curvatacuasp. nov., A. recurvatasp. nov., A. taoensissp. nov., A. triangulatasp. nov., A. bleuensissp. nov., A. touhoensissp. nov., A. wardisp. nov., A. parallelasp. nov., A. christinaesp. nov., A. brevissp. nov., A. ninguanasp. nov., and A. scopulasp. nov. Additionally, new records are provide for the species A. acula Ward, 2003, A. artarima Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. berada Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. bimaculata Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. cheirella Ward, 2003, A. comata Ward, 2003, A. diriwi Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. hamata Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. hastata Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. hirta Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. jepiva Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. joycei Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. kapiwa Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. kara Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. mariae Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. nodosa Ward, 2003, A. panda Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. padi Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. parie Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. rhara Ward & Schefter, 2000, A. urugi Ward & Schefter, 2000, and A. vuegi Ward & Schefter, 2000. With a total of 75 described species Agmina is one of the largest animal radiations in New Caledonia. Nothing is known about the early stages of any of the species in this genus.

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