Description of two new species of Oecetis (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) from Borneo

  • Kjell Arne Johanson Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden
  • Tobias Malm Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden
  • Tin Sjöberg Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden
Keywords: taxonomy, caddisflies, Oriental, Leptocerini, Malaysia

Abstract

Two new species of Oecetis from Maliau Basin, Malaysian Borneo, are described for the first time, O. mesospina sp. nov. and O. apelqvisti sp. nov. These two new species bring the total number of Oecetis found on the island of Borneo up to 16.

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Published
2022-05-18
How to Cite
Johanson, K. A., Malm, T., & Sjöberg, T. (2022). Description of two new species of Oecetis (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) from Borneo. European Journal of Taxonomy, 819(1), 158–165. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.819.1787
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Research article