Pliocaloca

Shackleton, Michael, 2010, Two new species of Pliocaloca Neboiss (Trichoptera: Calocidae) from eastern Australia, with descriptions of the immature stages of one species, Zootaxa 2476, pp. 30-38 : 31

Key to males of Pliocaloca from Australia

1 Inferior appendage with a long, slender, process arising medially from the base ( Figs 2, 6 ) ...................................... 2

- Inferior appendage without a long, slender, process arising medially from the base ( Figs 14 , 17 in Neboiss 1984)…4

2 Preanal appendage long, extending to about half the length of segment X ( Figs 1, 5 ) ................................................ 3

- Preanal appendage short ( Fig 19 in Neboiss 1984) ....................................................................................... P. dasodes

3 Slender process arising medially from inferior appendage abruptly curved outward at about 1/3rd length ( Fig. 2 ) ..... ........................................................................................................................................................... P. fidesria sp. nov.

- Slender process arising medially from inferior appendage without abrupt curve, gently angled outwards ( Fig. 6 )...... ......................................................................................................................................................... P. kleithria sp. nov.

4 Segment X incised deeply, beyond half the length of the segment ( Fig. 16 in Neboiss 1984). Inferior appendages with apico-mesal angles produced and pointed ( Fig. 17 in Neboiss 1984) .............................................. P. mucronata

- Segment X incised to about half the length of the segment ( Fig. 13 in Neboiss 1984). Inferior appendages with apico-mesal angles produced and rounded ( Fig. 14 in Neboiss 1984) ....................................................... P. fastigiata

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Male genitalia of Pliocaloca spp., dorsal (Figs 1, 5), ventral (Figs 2, 6), and left lateral views (Figs 3, 7) and phallus in left lateral view (Figs 4, 8). 1 – 4. Pliocaloca fidesria, sp. nov.; 5 – 8. Pliocaloca kleithria, sp. nov.

FIGURES 13 – 16. Pupa of Pliocaloca kleithria, sp. nov. 13. labrum and mandibles, dorsal; 14. hookplates; 15. terminal segment, right lateral; 16. terminal segment, dorsal.

FIGURES 17 – 23. Larva of Pliocaloca kleithria, sp. nov. 17. pronotum, dorsal; 18. head and pronotum, right lateral; 19. larva in case, right lateral; 20. head, dorsal, illustrating robust setae; 21. spinules on dorsum of head; 22. meso- and metanotum; 23. right abdominal proleg, right lateral.