Neobiosella is a monotypic genus of caddisfly belonging to the family Philopotamidae.[2] The sole species found in this genus is Neobiosella irrorata. Both the genus and species were first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1958.[2] Neobiosella is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
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| Female holotype held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Trichoptera |
| Family: | Philopotamidae |
| Genus: | Neobiosella Wise, 1958 |
| Species: | N. irrorata
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| Binomial name | |
| Neobiosella irrorata Wise, 1958
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Taxonomy
editThe genus and species were both identified by Wise in 1958.[4] Wise felt that a novel genus was appropriate for N. irrorata due to the absence of apical fork 1 in both wings being a characteristic not shared with any other species in the family Philopotamidae.[4]
Description
editWise's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
ANTERIOR WING short, broad, and well-rounded at apex. Apical forks 2, 3, 4, and 5 present. Discoidal cell present. Additional costal cross-vein and additional basal cross-vein between Sc and R present. POSTERIOR WING narrower than anterior wing. Apical forks 2, 3, and 5 present. Discoidal cell present...HEAD fuscous; ANTENNAE testaceous, each segment annulated with fuscous basally. THORAX fuscous: LEGS testaceous. ANTERIOR WING light testaceous strongly irrorated with fuscous. Length of anterior wing, 6 mm (0.24 in).[4]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species is endemic to New Zealand, having been found in eastern Northland Region and the Auckland Region.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Neobiosella irrorata Wise, 1958". new Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Neobiosella". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Neobiosella irrorata Wise, 1958". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ a b c 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. OCLC 9987167351. Wikidata Q58676764.
- ^ Collier, Kevin J. (1992). Freshwater macroinvertebrates of potential conservation interest (PDF) (Report). Wellington: Department of Conservation. ISBN 0-478-01427-9.
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