HR: 1330h
AN: NB33A-01    [Abstracts]
TI: The Genus Antillopsyche Banks (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) and Reevaluation of its Position Within the Phylogeny of the Suborder Annulipaplia
AU: * Chamorro-Lacayo, M
EM: cham0138@umn.edu
AF: Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108 United States
AU: Holzenthal, R W
EM: holze001@umn.edu
AF: Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108 United States
AB: The genus Antillopsyche Banks 1941 is a Greater Antilles endemic with 4 extant species, A. ayacara Botosaneanu 1980, A. demma Botosaneanu 1996, A. tubicola Flint 1964, and A. wrighti Banks 1941, and one fossil species, A. oliveri Wichard 1985. Flint placed Antillopsyche in the subfamily Pseudoneureclipsinae, erected by Ulmer for the Old World genus Pseudoneureclipsis, of the family Polycentropodidae. Li and colleagues in 2001 transferred the subfamily Pseudoneureclipsinae to the family Dipseudopsidae, based largely on female and larval characters. However, Antillopsyche was not included in the analysis. Reevalutaion of the position of Antillopsyche on the basis of morphological characters of larvae and adults suggests that Antillopsyche and Pseudoneureclipsis form a monophyletic group. A preliminary reanalysis of Annulipalpia left placement of the subfamily Pseudoneureclipsinae equivocal. We did not find support for a sister relationship between Pseudoneureclipsinae and Dipseudopsidae. Additional larval, pupal, adult and behavioral characters will be included in a future analysis. Antillopsyche is revised to include new illustrations of extant species, a key, and detailed descriptions of the adult and immature stages.
DE: 9901 NABS Student Award - Basic Research
SC: North American Benthological Society [NB]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly