Biology:Olinga fumosa
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| Male holotype specimen held at Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Olinga |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/OlingaO. fumosa
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| Template:Taxonomy/OlingaOlinga fumosa Wise, 1958
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Olinga fumosa is a species of caddisfly belonging to the family Conoesucidae.[2] The species was first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1958,[2] and is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was identified by Wise in 1958, based on a specimen collected from Waitati in 1917 by C. E. Clarke.[3][4] No further specimens of the species were discovered until entomologist Brian H. Patrick discovered further specimens in 1992.[5][6] Patrick confirmed that the species was distinct from other members of Olinga, based on behavioural differences and the apparent inability to hybridise with O. feredayi.[5]
Description
Wise's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
| “ | ANTERIOR WING fuscous; scales of longitudinal fold and sub-terminal furrow ochreous, Membranes of both anterior and posterior wings fumose. Spurs 2.2.4. Length of anterior wing, 8 mm (0.31 in). Genitalia♂. Margin of ninth segment with a pair of long dorsal processes with a wart on each side and a pencil of hairs below the wart. Dorsal portion of ninth segment produced downwards posteriorly with upper penis-cover in form of two short processes arising distally below. Penis membranous. Inferior appendages broad at the base and twisted over dorsally towards the apex, each with a long, sinuous, pointed spine arising from its extreme base. These spines pass on each side of the penis and terminate above it between the penis-cover processes. Seventh sternite with a short, broad process.[3] | ” |
Males have a wingspan of 18.5 mm (0.73 in), with females larger at 22 mm (0.87 in).[5]
Wise noted that the species was visually similar to O. feredayi, but could be identified by O. fumosa being smaller, darker in colour, differences in genitalia and the seventh sternite.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The species is endemic to New Zealand,[3] found in the vicinity of Dunedin in the Otago Region and South Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Olinga fumosa Wise, 1958". https://nztcs.org.nz/nztcs-species/12600.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Olinga fumosa Wise, 1958". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/1435358.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 , Wikidata Q58676764
- ↑ "Olinga fumosa". https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-159407.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 , Wikidata Q105740986
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 , Wikidata Q97665422
Wikidata ☰ Q2450724 entry
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