Kisaura holzenthali Pandher & Saini, 2014, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Pandher, Manpreet Singh
name: Saini, Malkiat Singh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Philopotamidae
Kisaura
Kisaura holzenthali

description: Kisaura holzenthali sp. nov.
(Figs. 9–12)
Material examined. Holotype ♂: INDIA: Uttarakhand: Gaurikund, 3,000 m, 10-vi-2009, Pandher and Parey, deposited in NPC.
Paratypes: Collection data same as those of holotype, 2♂.
Diagnosis. In general appearance the male genitalia of Kisaura holzenthali sp. nov. are very similar to those of K. rossi (Kimmins 1955), from Myanmar, but in lateral view the basal segment of each inferior appendage is oval, much broader, and the apical segment of each inferior appendage is about as long as the basal segment in K. holzenthali; whereas in lateral view the basal segment of each inferior appendage is rectangular, less broad, and the apical segment of each inferior appendage is longer than the basal segment in K. rossi. Moreover, in K. holzenthali, segment IX is more nearly rectangular and its posteroventral angle is not prominent in lateral view; but in K. rossi segment IX is elliptical and its posteroventral angle is prominent and acute in lateral view.
Adult male: General color in alcohol pale yellow, head yellowish brown, legs pale yellow, wings hyaline except pterostigma with light yellow hair. Body covered with inconspicuous, sparse brown pubescence. Length of each antenna 5.5 mm; maxillary palps relatively short, each 1.5 mm long, segment III longer than II, segment V twice as long as IV; labial palps short, each 0.9 mm long. Length of each forewing 6.25 mm, its discoidal cell long, triangular; apical fork I absent in both fore- and hindwings.
Male genitalia (Figs. 9–12): Tergite VIII with ω-shaped (omega-shaped) concavity on distal one-third and distal margin roundly produced; sternite VIII without posteroventral process. Segment IX short, subquadrate in lateral view with posterolateral margin truncate. Each inferior appendage 2-segmented; basal segment little longer and stouter than apical segment, broad and rounded towards apex in lateral view, with two apical lobes, superior lobe unadorned and inferior lobe with tuft of long setae; apical segment narrowed apically and mesal surface with long and stout basal spine and curved longitudinal row of spines visible in dorsal and ventral views. Tergum X membranous, extending beyond distal margin of segment IX, with lateral spiniform process arising on each side at its base directed anterad then recurved caudad, reaching almost to distal end of segment IX and divergent, with articulated spinelet at apex. Each preanal appendage twisted at base, as long as corresponding lateral spiniform process and rounded apically in dorsal view. Phallus membranous, surrounded by tergum X and pointed apically, scarcely distinguishable from tergum X when phallus in retracted position.
Distribution. INDIA: Uttarakhand.
Etymology. This species is named in honor of Dr. Ralph W. Holzenthal of the USA for his contributions to Trichoptera systematics.
description: Published as part of Pandher, Manpreet Singh & Saini, Malkiat Singh, 2014, New additions to the genus Kisaura Ross (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from the Indian Himalaya, pp. 538-544 in Zootaxa 3793 (5) on pages 541-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/226521