Diplectrona bulla

Diplectrona bulla
Male holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Hydropsychidae
Genus: Diplectrona
Species:
D. bulla
Binomial name
Diplectrona bulla
Wise, 1958

Diplectrona bulla is a species of caddisfly belonging to the order Hydropsychidae.[2] The species was first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1958,[2] and is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

Description

Wise's original text (the type description) reads as follows:

HEAD black with two large, lighter-coloured warts posteriorly. PALPI and LEGS pale castaneous. ANTENNAE blackish, serrate along inner margin. ANTERIOR WING blackish, uniform in colour; two cross-veins present between costa and sub-costa. Length of anterior wing, 7 mm (0.28 in).[3]

Wise noted that the species was morphologically similar to Diplectrona zealandensis, but could be distinguished by the complex genitalia of D. bulla.[3]

Distribution and habitat

The species is endemic to New Zealand, known to sporadically occur on the North Island.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Diplectrona bulla Wise, 1958". new Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Diplectrona bulla". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  3. ^ a b c Wise, K. A. J. (1958). "Trichoptera of New Zealand: I. A Catalogue of the Auckland Museum Collections with Descriptions of New Genera and New Species". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 5: 49–63. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906091. OCLC 9987167351. Wikidata Q58676764.
  4. ^ Collier, Kevin J. (1992). Freshwater macroinvertebrates of potential conservation interest (PDF) (Report). Wellington: Department of Conservation. ISBN 0-478-01427-9.