Neobiosella

Neobiosella
Female holotype held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum

Nationally Endangered (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Philopotamidae
Genus: Neobiosella
Wise, 1958
Species:
N. irrorata
Binomial name
Neobiosella irrorata
Wise, 1958

Neobiosella is a monotypic genus of caddisfly belonging to the family Philopotamidae.[2] The sole species found in this genus is Neobiosella irrorata. Both the genus and species were first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1958.[2] Neobiosella is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

Taxonomy

The genus and species were both identified by Wise in 1958.[4] Wise felt that a novel genus was appropriate for N. irrorata due to the absence of apical fork 1 in both wings being a characteristic not shared with any other species in the family Philopotamidae.[4]

Description

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

ANTERIOR WING short, broad, and well-rounded at apex. Apical forks 2, 3, 4, and 5 present. Discoidal cell present. Additional costal cross-vein and additional basal cross-vein between Sc and R present. POSTERIOR WING narrower than anterior wing. Apical forks 2, 3, and 5 present. Discoidal cell present...HEAD fuscous; ANTENNAE testaceous, each segment annulated with fuscous basally. THORAX fuscous: LEGS testaceous. ANTERIOR WING light testaceous strongly irrorated with fuscous. Length of anterior wing, 6 mm (0.24 in).[4]

Distribution and habitat

The species is endemic to New Zealand, having been found in eastern Northland Region and the Auckland Region.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Neobiosella irrorata Wise, 1958". new Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Neobiosella". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Neobiosella irrorata Wise, 1958". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Collier, Kevin J. (1992). Freshwater macroinvertebrates of potential conservation interest (PDF) (Report). Wellington: Department of Conservation. ISBN 0-478-01427-9.
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