title: Magadacerina, a new genus of Leptoceridae (Trichoptera) from Madagascar.
abstract: Magadacerina forcipata, new genus, new species (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae), is described from Madagascar. The monotypic genus is characterised by having the tibial spur formula 2,2,2; wings with sessile bifurcation of M; genitalia with preanal appendages fused with segment IX and greatly produced posterad, and a tergum X with an anteriorly extended ventral base articulating with a sclerotised spine-like process of the phallic shield. The new genus is most closely related to Blyzophilus in the tribe Blyzophilini.
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Finland, Department of Biology, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland; Email: tobias.malm@uef.fi.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Malm
authors.affiliation: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Department, Box 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden; Email: kjell.arne.johanson@nrm.se.
authors.forename: Kjell Arne
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Johanson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D008270:Madagascar; D008297:Male