Three new species of Goera Stephens (Trichoptera: Goeridae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia

Authors

Brian J. Armitage, Trichoptera, Inc., Columbus OHFollow
Tatiana I. Arefina-Armitage, Trichoptera, Inc., Columbus OH

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

9-2-2011

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi 0186: 1-10, 2011 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

Three new species of the caddisfly genus Goera Stephens (Trichoptera: Goeridae) are described from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Goera neboissi sp. n., G. jolanda sp. n., and G. higleri sp. n. were found to be related to G. skiasma Neboiss, which is the only previously recorded species from Sulawesi. These species share the following combination of characters: an upright IXth segment; the absence of the median dorsal process of tergum X; a long, mesal process of the inferior appendage with a subbasal projection; and, the absence of parameres.