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Species of caddisfly

Neobiosella
Female holotype held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum
Conservation status

Nationally Endangered (NZ TCS)
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. 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. Neobiosella is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

The genus and species were both identified by Wise in 1958. 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.

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).

Distribution and habitat

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

References

  1. "Neobiosella irrorata Wise, 1958". new Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Neobiosella". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. "Neobiosella irrorata Wise, 1958". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Neobiosella
Neobiosella irrorata
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