New species of Caloca Mosely (Trichoptera: Calocidae) from eastern Australia
Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 70 p. 1–10 (2013)
Abstract
The Australian endemic genus Caloca Mosely was established 60 years ago to include five species. Since then only a single species has been added to the genus. Adult males of seven new species are here named and described: C. ada sp. nov., C. sica sp. nov., C. gippslanda sp. nov., C. lata sp. nov., C. kiandra sp. nov., C. disparala sp. nov. and C. ungula sp. nov. Each species possesses a distinct triangular receptacle on the dorsum of the head capsule, which occurs only in Caloca and Pliocaloca Neboiss. A transient discoidal cell in the hindwing of one species blurs the diagnostic lines between Caloca and Pliocaloca. However, the two genera can be separated on the presence or absence of spine-like setae associated with segment X (present in Caloca), and the larvae of the two genera are distinctive. The descriptions here raise the total number of species in the genus from 6 to 13, all from south-eastern Australia. A key to the identification of all 13 species is provided.
Citation
Shackleton, M.E., 2013. New species of Caloca Mosely (Trichoptera: Calocidae) from eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 70: 1-10. http://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2013.70.01.
PUBLICATION DATE: 3 JULY 2013