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Macrostemum hyalinum

Description

Taxonomy of Macrostemum hyalinum (Pictet 1836)

Macrostemum hyalinum is an important and unclear species of the genus for many reasons. It is one of the first Trichoptera species described from the Neotropical region and, ironically, the taxonomic problems start in the original description. According to Pictet (1836), the type locality for this species is “Indes orientales” [East Indies], but other authors argued that the species is Brazilian (Burmeister 1839; Ulmer 1905b, 1907, 1913). França et al. (2013) listed the distribution of M. hyalinum as South American.

Kolenati (1859) examined M. hyalinum in order to establish the genus Macrostemum. The genus was proposed based on the mistaken observation of the absence of a pair of small apical spurs on each foretibia. The genus was established without a type species designation (Kolenati 1859). In 1957, Ulmer designated M. hyalinum as the type species of the genus and Hollier (2007) confirmed that the type series has been lost.

Notes

Published as part of França, Diogo & Paprocki, Henrique, 2019, The neotype of Macrostemum hyalinum (Pictet 1836) (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) and a key to males of Neotropical species of this genus, pp. 175-181 in Zootaxa 4559 (1) on page 176, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/2626805

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Pictet
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Hydropsychidae
Genus
Macrostemum
Species
hyalinum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Macrostemum hyalinum (Pictet, 1836) sec. França & Paprocki, 2019

References

  • Pictet, F. J. (1836) Description de quelques nouvelles especes de Nevropteres, du Musee de Geneve. Memoires de La Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve, 7, 399 - 404.
  • Burmeister, H. (1839) Handbuch der Entomologie, Zweiter Band, Zweite Ubtheilung. Theod. Chr. Friedr. Enslin, Berlin, Germany.
  • Ulmer, G. (1905 b) Zur Kenntniss aussereuropaischer Trichopteren. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 66, 1 - 119.
  • Ulmer, G. (1907) Trichopteren, Monographie der Macronematinae. Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps, FI (2). Hayez, Bruxelles, pp. 1 - 121, plates I-VI.
  • Ulmer, G. (1913) Verzeichnis der sudamerikanischen Trichopteren, mit Bemerkungen uber einzelne Arten. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1913, 383 - 414.
  • Franca, D., Paprocki, H. & Calor, A. R. (2013) The genus Macrostemum Kolenati 1859 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) in the Neotropical Region: Description of two new species, taxonomic notes, distributional records and key to males. Zootaxa, 3716, 301 - 335.
  • Kolenati, F. A. (1859) Genera et Species Trichopterorum, Pars, Altera. Nouveaux Memoires de la Societe Imperialedes Naturalistes de Moscou, 11, 141 - 296.
  • Hollier, J. H. (2007) Continuite entre le Musee Academique et la Museum actuel l'exemple des << Nevropteres du musee >> de F. - J. Pictet. Bulletin Romand D'Entomologie, 24, 51 - 54.