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Image of Leucotrichia tapantia Thomson & Holzenthal

Leucotrichia tapantia Thomson & Holzenthal

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Male. Length of forewing 3.4–3.9 mm (n=19). Head unmodified, with 3 ocelli; antennae unmodified. Dorsum of head dark brown with yellow setae; thorax dark brown with yellow setae dorsally, brown ventrally; leg segments with brown setae. Forewings covered with fine dark brown setae with broad streak of yellow setae down outer edge. Genitalia. Abdominal sternum VII with short, pointed mesoventral process. Sternum VIII lateral projection elongate, extending dorsad, apex bearing tuft of prominent setae (Fig. 41B), in ventral view with posterior margin concave with digitate mesal projection (Fig. 41D). Segment IX anterolateral margin convex, posterolateral margin convex; in dorsal view anterior margin concave, posterior margin straight. Tergum × with dorsal sclerite slender; ventral sclerite semielliptic with crenulate posterior margin; membranous apex small. Subgenital plate with dorsal arm not apparent; ventral arm slender, sinuate, broadest mesally, in ventral view with apical spine very prominent. Inferior appendage straight, bearing 1 large dorsal spine and 2 small setae; in ventral view fused basally, digitate. Phallus apex bearing internal apodemes and pair of prominent apicodorsal lobes. Holotype male: COSTA RICA: Cartago: Reserva Tapantí, waterfall, ca. 1km (road) NW tunnel, 9.69°N, 83.76°W, 2-3.viii.1990, el. 1600m, Holzenthal, Blahnik, Muñoz (UMSP000201359) (UMSP). Paratypes: same data as holotype, 46 males (UMSP); same data as holotype, except 10.vi.1988, C.M. and O.S. Flint, R.W. Holzenthal, 13 males (NMNH).
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Robin E. Thomson, Ralph W. Holzenthal
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Thomson R, Holzenthal R (2015) A revision of the Neotropical caddisfly genus Leucotrichia Mosely, 1934 (Hydroptilidae, Leucotrichiinae) ZooKeys (499): 1–100
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Robin E. Thomson
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Ralph W. Holzenthal
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