A new species of Silvatares (Trichoptera, Pisuliidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales; M François Ngera; Steffen U Pauls

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1111.85307

A new species of Silvatares (Trichoptera, Pisuliidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zookeys. 2022 Jul 11:1111:371-380. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1111.85307. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales^{1

2}, M François Ngera³, Steffen U Pauls^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Entomology III, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, Germany Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt Germany.
² Loewe Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt, Germany Loewe Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics Frankfurt Germany.
³ Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles Lwiro Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁴ Institute of Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, Germany Justus-Liebig University Gießen Germany.

Abstract

A new species of caddisfly in the family Pisuliidae from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is described and illustrated herein, Silvataresholzenthali sp. nov. Based on the presence of a pair of spines on the endotheca, this species belongs to the thrymmifer group. Additionally, Silvatareslaetae is recorded for the first time from the D.R. Congo.

Keywords: Africa; Trichoptera; new species; taxonomy.

Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales, M. François Ngera, Steffen U. Pauls.