Ecnomina zealandica
| Ecnomina zealandica | |
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| Female holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Trichoptera |
| Family: | Ecnomidae |
| Genus: | Ecnomina |
| Species: | E. zealandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Ecnomina zealandica Wise, 1958
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Ecnomina zealandica is a species of caddisfly belonging to the family Ecnomidae.[1] The species was first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1958,[1] and is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was identified by Wise in 1958, and is the only known member of the genus Ecnomina in New Zealand.[2] Because of this, observations of Ecnomina larvae in New Zealand are assumed to be Ecnomina zealandica.[3]
Description
[edit]Wise's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
HEAD fuscous; ANTENNAE ochraceous. THORAX fuscous, LEGS ochraceous. ANTERIOR WING light fuscous, fringe darker. VENATION. In anterior wing apical forks 3 and 4 sessile, the median cell extending between them. In posterior wing apical fork 3 about as long as its footstalk. Length of anterior wing, 3.5 mm (0.14 in).[2]
Wise noted that the species could be distinguished from Australian Ecnomina species by the apical forks 3 and 4 of the anterior wing being sessile and not stalked.[2] The larvae are 4.8 mm (0.19 in) in length.[3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species is endemic to New Zealand.[2] While specimens have primarily been collected from the Auckland Region and Waikato Region, the species' range is likely wider.[3][4] It has been described as one of the rarest caddisflies in New Zealand,[5] with no observations of the adults of the species between the 1940s and 2002, when specimens began to be identified in Malaise traps.[6] Drinan et al. (2020) speculate that the species' rarity may point to a behavioural difference in the species, such as being diurnal, or not being attracted to ultraviolet light.[6]
Larvae of E. zealandica have been collected from Fissidens moss from stream banks.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ecnomina zealandica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ^ a b c d e Wise, K. A. J. (1958). "Trichoptera of New Zealand: I. A Catalogue of the Auckland Museum Collections with Descriptions of New Genera and New Species". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 5: 49–63. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906091. Wikidata Q58676764.
- ^ a b c d Cowley, DR (1978). "Studies on the larvae of New Zealand Trichoptera". New Zealand journal of zoology. 5 (4): 639–750. doi:10.1080/03014223.1978.10423816. ISSN 0301-4223.
- ^ Smith, Brian J; Collier, Kevin J; Halliday, N Jane (2002). "Composition and flight periodicity of adult caddisflies in New Zealand hill‐country catchments of contrasting land use". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 36 (4): 863–878. doi:10.1080/00288330.2002.9517138. ISSN 0028-8330.
- ^ Collier, Kevin J. (1992). Freshwater macroinvertebrates of potential conservation interest (PDF) (Report). Wellington: Department of Conservation. ISBN 0-478-01427-9.
- ^ a b Tom J. Drinan; Natasha P. J. Grainger; Jon S. Harding; Kevin J. Collier; Brian J. Smith; Russell G. Death; Troy Makan; Jeremy R. Rolfe (7 July 2020). "Analysis of the conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates: temporal changes, knowledge gaps, impediments, and management implications". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 48 (1): 81–96. doi:10.1080/03014223.2020.1778044. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q110743134.