@article{fdi:010064792, title = {{T}he {C}himarra minima group in {W}est {A}frica and {M}adagascar ({T}richoptera, {P}hilopotamidae)}, author = {{G}ibon, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois-{M}arie}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A}mong {A}frotropical representatives of the genus {C}himarra {S}tephens, 1829 ({T}richoptera: {P}hilopotamidae), the minima group is defined to include a number of closely related species that lack the mesal lobe of tergum {X}, have a membranous tergum {IX}, and also have characteristic structures of the inferior appendages and phallic apparatus. {A} preliminary list of the species is proposed. {T}he descriptions of {C}himarra ambaja {M}osely, 1939, {C}himarra callasae {G}ibon, 1982, {C}himarra sassandrae {G}ibon, 1982 and {C}himarra toubaensis {G}ibon, 1985 are supplemented. {O}ne synonymy is established {C}himarra petri {G}ibbs, 1973 as a junior synonym of {C}himarra minima {U}lmer, 1907. {F}ive new species are described: {C}himarra loffae n. sp. from {G}uinea, {C}himarra sanagae n. sp. and {C}himarra assambae n. sp. from {C}ameroon, {C}himarra vulgaris n. sp. and {C}himarra antsymeloka n. sp. from {M}adagascar. {N}ew citations for {W}est {A}frica, {C}ameroon and {M}adagascar, new distribution and ecological data are included and analysed.}, keywords = {{C}himarra ; {B}iogeography ; new citation ; {I}vory {C}oast ; {M}ali ; {G}uinea ; {T}ogo ; {B}urkina {F}aso ; {C}ameroon ; {M}adagascar ; new synonymy ; new species ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {MALI} ; {GUINEE} ; {TOGO} ; {BURKINA} {FASO} ; {CAMEROUN} ; {MADAGASCAR}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{Z}oosystema}, volume = {37}, numero = {2}, pages = {333--350}, ISSN = {1280-9551}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.5252/z2015n2a3}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064792}, }