Diplectrona bulla

Diplectrona bulla
Male holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum
Not Threatened
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Hydropsychidae
Genus: Diplectrona
Species:
D. bulla
Binomial name
Diplectrona bulla
Wise, 1958

Diplectrona bulla is a species of caddisfly belonging to the order Hydropsychidae. The species was first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1958, and is endemic to New Zealand.

Description

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

HEAD black with two large, lighter-coloured warts posteriorly. PALPI and LEGS pale castaneous. ANTENNAE blackish, serrate along inner margin. ANTERIOR WING blackish, uniform in colour; two cross-veins present between costa and sub-costa. Length of anterior wing, 7 mm (0.28 in).

Wise noted that the species was morphologically similar to Diplectrona zealandensis, but could be distinguished by the complex genitalia of D. bulla.

Distribution and habitat

The species is endemic to New Zealand, known to sporadically occur on the North Island.

References

  1. ↑ "Diplectrona bulla Wise, 1958". new Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Diplectrona bulla". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  3. 1 2 3 Wise, Keith Arthur John (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. JSTOR 42906091. OCLC 9987167351. Wikidata Q58676764.
  4. ↑ Collier, Kevin J. (1992). Freshwater macroinvertebrates of potential conservation interest (PDF) (Report). Wellington: Department of Conservation. ISBN 0-478-01427-9.