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ABSTRACT Insects are fundamental to biodiversity conservation in almost all ecosystems, and their population decline, and extinction directly result from environmental impacts. These facts are aggravated by the lack of knowledge of insect biodiversity, the so-called biodiversity deficits, especially the Linnean and Wallacean shortfalls. In freshwater ecosystems, biodiversity loss is higher among aquatic insects, and caddisflies comprise one of the most vulnerable orders. In this way, research focusing on describing new caddisfly species and understanding their distribution ranges will increase knowledge of caddisfly biodiversity. In the past 14 years, the team from the Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática "Prof. Dr. Claudio Gilberto Froehlich" (LEAq, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil) and collaborators have been addressing these issues, resulting in 55 described species of caddisflies. Taxa in other insect orders have also received attention and an additional 16 species have been described (eight mayflies, four stoneflies, four neuropteran spongillaflies, and antlions). Here, eight caddisfly species are described and illustrated (Atopsyche froehlichi sp. nov., Austrotinodes zeferina sp. nov., Cernotina kariri sp. nov., Neoathripsodes froehlichi sp. nov., Notalina claudiofroehlichi sp. nov., Oecetis marcus sp. nov., Phylloicus froehlichi sp. nov., and Polycentropus claudioi sp. nov.), five of them in honor of LEAq's patron. In addition, new distributional data are presented for 10 known species. A checklist of the caddisfly fauna of Bahia state is also presented, with 138 species, around 75% and 30% of them recorded and described by the LEAq team, respectively. Currently, for caddisflies, Bahia is the fifth most species-rich state in Brazil, and the first in the Brazilian Northeast region.
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The Neotropical subgenus Notalina (Neonotalina) Holzenthal, 1986 has ten described species in two species groups: brasiliana, formed by seven species from Southeastern Brazilian and Goiás State; and roraima, represented by three species from the Amazonian and Andes regions. In this paper, a new species of Notalina is described and illustrated from specimens collected in the Mantiqueira mountain range, Southeastern Brazil. The new species belongs to the brasiliana group and is easily recognized by the poorly developed dorsomesal and ventrolateral processes and the pair of mound-like protuberances located mesolaterally on abdominal segment X, and by the robust, rounded mesoventral processes and long digitate mesodorsal processes of the inferior appendages. A key to the Neotropical species in the genus is provided.
O subgênero Neotropical Notalina (Neonotalina) possui dez espécies descritas em dois grupos: brasiliana, formada por sete espécies provenientes do Sudeste brasileiro e do Estado de Goiás; e roraima, representado por três espécies das região Amazônica e Andes. Neste trabalho, uma nova espécie de Notalina é descrita e ilustrada a partir de espécimes coletados na Serra da Mantiqueira, Sudeste do Brasil. A nova espécie pertence ao grupo brasiliana e é facilmente reconhecida por processos dorsomesal e ventrolateral pobremente desenvolvidos e por um par de pequenas protuberâncias localizadas mesolateralmente no segmento X, apêndices inferiores com processo mesoventral arredondado e robusto, e processo mesodorsal longo e digitado. Uma chave de identificação para as espécies neotropicais do gênero é fornecida.
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A new species of Cernotina (Trichoptera, Polycentropodidae) from the Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. Cernotina Ross, 1938, with 64 extant species, is a New World genus of caddisflies. In Brazil, there are 31 described species of which 28 are recorded from the Amazon basin. Cernotina puri sp. nov. is described and figured based on specimens collected in the Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The new species can be distinguished by the shape of the intermediate appendages and tergum X. The immature stages of C. puri are unknown.
Uma nova espécie de Cernotina (Trichoptera; Polycentropodidae) para Mata Atlântica, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Sudeste do Brasil. Cernotina Ross, 1938, com 64 espécies atuais, é um gênero de tricópteros do Novo Mundo. No Brasil existem 31 espécies descritas, sendo 28 registradas para a Bacia Amazônica. Cernotina puri sp. nov. é descrita e figurada com base em exemplares coletados na Mata Atlântica, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A nova espécie pode ser distinguida pelo formato dos apêndices intermediários e pelo tergo X. Os estágios imaturos de C. puri não são conhecidos.
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Two new species of Marilia Müller (Odontoceridae), M. aiuruoca sp. nov. and M. huamantincoae sp. nov., are described and figured from Itatiaia massif, Mantiqueira mountain range, southeastern Brazil. The female of M. major Müller, 1880 is described and the species is recorded for the first time from Rio de Janeiro state.
Duas novas espécies de Marilia Müller (Odontoceridae), M. aiuruoca sp. nov. e M. huamantincoae sp. nov., são descritas e ilustradas para o Maciço do Itatiaia, Serra da Mantiqueira, Sudeste do Brasil. A fêmea de M. major Müller, 1880 é descrita, sendo a espécie registrada pela primeira vez para o Estado do Rio de Janeiro.