Polyplectropus buchwaldi (Ulmer)

Chamorro, Maria Lourdes & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2010, 2582, Zootaxa 2582, pp. 1-252 : 158

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scientific name

Polyplectropus buchwaldi (Ulmer)
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Polyplectropus buchwaldi (Ulmer) View in CoL , nomen dubium

Ecnomodes buchwaldi Ulmer, 1911: 18 . [Type locality: Ecuador; ZSZMH; male; abdomen lost]; 1962: 5 [to Ecnomodellina ].— Weidner, 1964: 74 [lectotype male].— Flint, 1968:21 [to Polyplectropus View in CoL ].

In the original description by Ulmer of the monotypic genus Ecnomodes View in CoL he states “Genitalanlänge leider nicht sichtbar, da der Hinterleib beider Stücke verletzt ist” ( Ulmer 1911: 18). Therefore stating the abdomens were damaged. Consequently, no record exists of the specific identity of P. buchwaldi , save detailed descriptions of the wings and types without abdomens housed at the ZSZMH. The holotype and paratype are in poor condition and were not fit for transport in the mail; therefore, they were not examined. The specimens Banks described as E. buchwaldi in 1913 (p. 18) were subsequently described by Flint (1971) as P. banksianus View in CoL . Flint (1971: 27) wrote:

“…[ P. banksianus ] is being described from that material BANKS recorded as Ecnomodes buchwaldi ULM. Unfortunately , the types of the latter are reported to be lacking their abdomens, and considering the large number of superficially similar species of restricted range in the genus, it seems unlikely that we will ever know the specific identity of buchwaldi , or that these example[s] are actually the latter which was from Ecuador.”

The wing vein pattern, as illustrated by Ulmer (1911: 18, Fig. 4) and the identification by Banks of P. banksianus as E. buchwaldi suggests this species belongs in the P. santiago group. However, Flint may be correct in stating that the identity of P. buchwaldi is unlikely to be resolved. Therefore, P. buchwaldi is here designated as a nomen dubium.

Distribution. Ecuador.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Trichoptera

Family

Polycentropodidae

Genus

Polyplectropus

Loc

Polyplectropus buchwaldi (Ulmer)

Chamorro, Maria Lourdes & Holzenthal, Ralph W. 2010
2010
Loc

Ecnomodes buchwaldi

Flint, O. S., Jr. 1968: 21
Weidner, H. 1964: 74
Ulmer, G. 1911: 18
1911
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