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Cheumatopsyche afra

Description

Cheumatopsyche afra (Mosely)

Hydropsychodes afra Mosely, 1935: 229.

Cheumatopsyche afra (Mosely, 1935); Mosely 1939b: 27.

Cheumatopsyche rhodesiana (Jacquemart, 1963); Oláh, Johanson & Barnard 2008.

Type locality. Sierra Leone.

New records: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Ou Brug, Stormsrivier, 2.5 km S Storsrivierbrug, 77 m, 11–12.iii.1978 [D. Davis, M. Davis & B. Akerbergs] - 2 males, 2 females (NMNH); Cape Province, Brackenhill Falls, 9 km E Knysna, 175 m, 15–16.iii.1978 [D. Davis, M. Davis & B. Akerbergs] - 1 male, 6 females (NMNH); Cape Province, Hout Bay near East Battery, Fynbos, 40 m, 20.iii.1978 [D. Davis, M. Davis & B. Akerbergs] - 1 male (NMNH), 1 male (OPC); Cape Province, Groebal R. Schoemanspoort, 18 km N of Oudtshoorn, 700 m, 17.iii.1978 [D. Davis, M. Davis & B. Akerbergs] - 156 males (NMNH), 19 males (OPC).

Notes

Published as part of Oláh, J. & Johanson, K. A., 2008, Generic review of Hydropsychinae, with description of Schmidopsyche, new genus, 3 new genus clusters, 8 new species groups, 4 new species clades, 12 new species clusters and 62 new species from the Oriental and Afrotropical regions (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae), pp. 1-248 in Zootaxa 1802 on page 190

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMNH , NMNH, OPC , R, NMNH, OPC
Event date
1978-03-11 , 1978-03-15 , 1978-03-17 , 1978-03-20
Family
Hydropsychidae
Genus
Cheumatopsyche
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trichoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Mosely
Species
afra
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1978-03-11/12 , 1978-03-15/16 , 1978-03-17 , 1978-03-20
Taxonomic concept label
Cheumatopsyche afra (Mosely, 1935) sec. Oláh & Johanson, 2008

References

  • Mosely, M. E. (1935) New African Trichoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 15, 221 - 232.
  • Mosely, M. E. (1939 b) Trichoptera. Ruwenzori Expedition 1934 - 35. British Museum (Natural History), 3 (1), 1 - 40.
  • Jacquemart, S. (1963) Trichoptera. In: Hanstrom, B., Brinck, P. & Rudebeck, G. (Eds.) South African animal life, Vol. IX., Stockholm, pp. 337 - 415.
  • Olah J., Johanson, K. A. & Barnard, P. C. (2008) Revision of Oriental and Afrotropical species of Cheumatopsyche Wallengren (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae). Zootaxa, 1738, 1 - 171.