Neobiosella
Species of caddisfly
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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]
| Neobiosella | |
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| Female holotype held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Trichoptera |
| Family: | Philopotamidae |
| Genus: | Neobiosella Wise, 1958 |
| Species: | N. irrorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Neobiosella irrorata Wise, 1958 | |
Taxonomy
The 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
Wise'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
The species is endemic to New Zealand, having been found in eastern Northland Region and the Auckland Region.[5]
