A new species of <i>Oecetis</i> McLachlan, 1877 (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) and new distributional records of Trichoptera in the eastern Amazon.

ABSTRACT: The Amazon is one of the most diverse biomes on Earth, and most of its area is in the territory of Brazil. Even though it harbors most of Earth's diversity, species remain to be described. Therefore, knowing the biodiversity of the Amazon is of utmost importance, and this must be done quickly because the biome is severely under threaten by deforestation. Currently, the Brazilian Amazon has around 340 caddisfly species records, many endemic. To fill gaps in biodiversity knowledge of the Brazilian Amazon, we describe a new species of Oecetis and expand the known distributions of eight species of caddisflies. Oecetis amplicauda sp. nov. can be distinguished from the other species in the O. testacea group by the cylindrical dorsal portion of tergum X, longer than th

SUBMITTER: Quinteiro FB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12712616 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature