Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Trichoptera
Subordo: Integripalpia
Superfamilia: Sericostomatoidea
Familia: Anomalopsychidae
Genus: Contulma
Species: Contulma tripui

Name

Contulma tripui Holzenthal & Robertson, 2006

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Estação Ecológica do Tripui, Córrego Tripui, 20º23'22"S, 43º32'32"W, el. 1070 m.

Holotype: MZUSP. male. UMSP000046938. 20.IX.1998. Paprocki & Braga.

Etymology

Named for the small stream in the ecological station of the same name, known for harboring an endemic species of onychophoran, Peripatus acacioi. Tripui is the indigenous Tupi word for fast or quick water.

References

  • Holzenthal, Ralph W. & Robertson, Desiree R., 2006, Zootaxa 1355: 49–59
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