Abstract
Three new species of Metalype from China, Metalype hubeiensis Qiu & Morse, sp. n., Metalype shexianensis Qiu & Morse, sp. n., and Metalype truncata Qiu & Morse, sp. n., are described and illustrated. Metalype uncatissima (Botosaneanu, 1970) is reported from China for the first time. The differences between genus Metalype and genus Psychomyia are discussed and four Psychomyia species are transferred to Metalype: Metalype holzenthali (Schmid, 1997); Metalype klapaleki (Malicky, 1995a); Metalype kumari (Schmid, 1997); and Metalype nithaiah (Malicky, 2014). A key to the males of Metalype species of the world is provided.
Highlights
Knowledge of the Chinese Trichoptera fauna was limited before the mid-1900s, described solely by foreign scholars (Morse et al 1994)
Dr Li deposited his material in the Clemson University Arthropod Collection (CUAC), Clemson, South Carolina, USA; and Department of Plant Protection, Nan-jing Agriculture University (NJAU), Nan-jing, People’s Republic of China (PRC)
Holotypes of the new species are deposited in NJAU, paratypes are deposited in NJAU and CUAC
Summary
Knowledge of the Chinese Trichoptera fauna was limited before the mid-1900s, described solely by foreign scholars (Morse et al 1994). It has increased considerably since the 1980s, mostly due to the work of Chinese scientists. Shuang Qiu et al / ZooKeys 656: 1–23 (2017). This study is part of a continuing effort to document the Chinese caddisfly fauna that is mostly unknown to science, focusing here on Metalype of Psychomyiidae
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