New species and new records of Apataniidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) from east central China

ABSTRACT

Three new species of Apataniidae from China, Apatania protracta sp. n., Apatidelia paramartynovi sp. n., and Moropsyche dawuensis sp. n. are described and illustrated. We also report Apatania semicircularis Leng and Yang, 1998 for the first time from Hubei Province.

Apatania protracta: http://zoobank.org/urn:zoobank.org:pub:8317EB90-9316-4F7B-94C6-65938A6F2873

Apatidelia paramartynovi: http://zoobank.org/urn:zoobank.org:pub:8741CE6F-B339-4842-BD8C-04BE8B21A222

Moropsyche dawuensis: http://zoobank.org/urn:zoobank.org:pub:B5CB815D-59B5-401F-9308-9EE24A9BBAF7

KEYWORDS:

• Trichoptera
• Apataniinae
• Moropsychinae
• new species
• Oriental Region

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Nanjing Agriculture University for depositing the types of new species. Thanks to Prof. Sun Chang-hai, Prof. Yang Lian-fang and Dr John C. Morse for their instructions on studying Trichopterology and helps on collecting data. Thanks to all the colleagues mentioned in the text for assistance to collect the specimens. We also appreciate the reviewers’ and the editor's suggestions that helped us to get this manuscript published.

Disclosure statement

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