Comprehensive Description
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Chimarra (Curgia) aurantibasis
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Holotype, male: CUBA, OTE. [old Oriente Province], Piloto [possibly Río Piloto at 20°25′N, 75°45′W], Moa, Jun 1954, Zayas and Alayo. INHS Type.
Paratypes: Without any data [but judging from similar matting and appearance to holotype, they may have been taken together], 2 (INHS, NMNH). OTE. [Oriente], La Brea, Moa, Jun 1954, F. Zayas and P. Alayo, 1 (CMNH).
ETYMOLOGY.—From the Latin aurum (“gold”) and base (“basal”), in allusion to the marking on the forewing.
- bibliographic citation
- Flint, Oliver S., Jr. 1998. "Studies of Neotropical Caddisflies, LIII: A Taxonomic Revision of the Subgenus Curgia of the Genus Chimarra (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-131. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.594
