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A new species of Eosembia Ross (Embiodea: Oligotomidae) from Northern Thailand
Biology
  • Pisit Poolprasert
  • Janice Edgerly-Rooks, Santa Clara University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Publisher
Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society
Abstract

A new species of webspinner, Eosembia apterosa Poolprasert and Edgerly, n. sp., from Chiang Mai Province in Thailand, is described and illustrated. The new species is distinguished from previously described Eosembia by the occurrence of winglessness in the males. Beyond just winglessness, other morphological characters of the unidentified specimens when compared to E. auripecta Ross and E. aequicercata Ross suggest that they represent a new species. We present the description of the new species, along with a distribution map and key to the currently known species of SE Asian Eosembia.

Citation Information
Poolprasert, P. and J.S. Edgerly. 2011. A new species of Eosembia Ross (Embiodea: Oligotomidae) from Northern Thailand. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 84: 12-21.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2317/JKES100526.1