Abstract

Abstract This paper is a systematic report on a collection of caddisflies from Papua‐New Guinea. Twenty‐four taxa are identified to species and nine others are determined only to the generic level. Te new species (Diplectrona papuana n. sp., D. subtriangulaia n. sp., Herbertorossia kimminsi n. sp., Hydropsyche papuana n. sp., Cheumatopsyche beroni n. sp., Polycentropus mounthageni n. sp., P. elegans n. sp., Polyplectropus chapmani n. sp., Oecetis kimminsi n. sp. and Triaenodes lelefominicus n.sp.)and the females of Polycentropus similis Kimm, and Polycentropus sinuosus Kimm, are described. New faunistic data is presented for the other species which is supplemented in a few cases by taxonomic notes. The genera Cheumatopsyche, Polyplectropus and Nyctiophylax are new to the fauna of New Guinea.

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