Oxyethira ahipara

Oxyethira ahipara
Male holotype specimen from the collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Hydroptilidae
Genus:	Oxyethira
Species:	O. ahipara
Binomial name
Oxyethira ahipara Wise, 1998

Oxyethira ahipara is a species of caddisfly belonging to the family Hydroptilidae.[1] The species was first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1998, and is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

The species was identified by Wise in 1998, based on a specimens collected by Wise in 1983 from the Upper Hunahuna Stream in the Ahipara Plateau of Northland Region, New Zealand.[2][3] Wise named the species after the Ahipara District.[2]

Description

O. ahipara is a small species coloured dark-brown, with apically attenuated wings with a fringe of long hairs. The species is 2.2–2.4 mm (0.087–0.094 in) in length, with wing stae measuring approximately 2.5 mm (0.098 in).[2] The species can be differentiated from other Oxyethira due to the long coiled spring on the aedeagus, as well as its wing colour pattern.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The species is endemic to New Zealand,[1] found in the vicinity of the Ahipara Plateau of the Northland Region, New Zealand.[2]

References

1. "Oxyethira ahipara Wise, 1998". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
2. Wise, K. A. J. (January 1998). "Two new species of Oxyethira (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) in New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 21 (1): 17–23. doi:10.1080/00779962.1998.9722036. ISSN 0077-9962. OCLC 4898012995. Wikidata Q54601539.
3. "Oxyethira ahipara". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 16 August 2024.