A new species of Potamophylax from Spain with a key to the Iberian species (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)
Martínez Jesús, Martín Luís, González Marcos A.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56(2): 837-844, 2016
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Abstract: A new species of the genus Potamophylax Wallengren 1891, P. asturicus sp. nov.,
from Spain is described and figured. This new species is a microendemic of the
Spanish Cantabrian Mountains and is closely related to P. albergaria Malicky,
1976, from which it differs in a combination of genitalic features, especially
those concerning the shape of segment IX and the inferior appendages.
Additionally, we provide a taxonomic key to facilitate the identification of the
males of all Iberian species of this genus.
Key words: Trichoptera, Limnephilidae, Potamophylax, caddisflies, taxonomy, new species, Iberian Peninsula, Spain, Palaearctic Region