Description of six new species of Oecetis (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) from Vietnam

Zootaxa. 2020 Jul 17;4816(3):zootaxa.4816.3.2. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.3.2.

Abstract

The following six new Oecetis species have been described and illustrated: O. lata, O. gretae, O. malickyi, O. porntipae, O. olahi, and O. hageni. The following three Oecetis species are recorded for the first time from Vietnam: O. maron Malicky Chantaramongkol 2005 (in Malicky 2005), O. iakchos Malicky 2005, and O. jachin Malicky Mey 2010 (in Malicky 2010a). We present new records of the following six Oecetis species that are previously known from Vietnam: O. raghava Schmid 1995, O. biramosa Martynov 1936, O. tripunctata (Fabricius 1793), O. meleagros Malicky Thani 2005, O. asmada Malicky 1979, and O. empusa Malicky Chaibu 2000. A map presents the distribution of the Oecetis species included in this report.

Keywords: Trichoptera, taxonomy, caddisflies, freshwater, Oriental, Leptocerini.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Holometabola
  • Insecta*
  • Vietnam