The Micro-caddisflies of Lord Howe Island (Hydroptilidae: Trichoptera: Insecta) |
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| Authors: | Alice Wells |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Florida/IFAS, Mid-Florida Research and Education Center and Department of Entomology and Nematology , Apopka, FL, 32703-8504, USA;2. University of Florida/IFAS, Mid-Florida Research and Education Center and Department of Entomology and Nematology , 2725 Binion Rd, Apopka, FL, 32703-8504, USA E-mail: mfathi@ufl.edu;3. University of Florida/IFAS, Mid-Florida Research and Education Center and Department of Entomology and Nematology , Apopka, FL, 32703-8504, USA;4. University of Al-Azhar, Zoology Department, Faculty of Sciences , Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt |
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| Abstract: | Hydroptilid species are described from Lord Howe Island for the first time. All four species are in the endemic Australian genus Orphninotrichia, and all are endemic to Lord Howe Island. Modifications exhibited by these new species to the normally conservative Orphninotrichia features are suggestive of sympatric speciation and, for several, of a shift in larval niche. |
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| Keywords: | Polypedilum Egypt survey Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) marsafae new species midges |
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