title: Seven new species of Chimarra (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from Malawi.
abstract: For the first time species of caddisflies in the genus Chimarra Stephens 1829 are reported from Malawi. The following new species are described: Chimarra zombaensis, C. flaviseta, C. chichewa, C. circumverta, C. mulanjae, C. psittacus and C. calidopectoris. The descriptions add to the knowledge of Afrotropical diversity in the order Trichoptera.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden. Department of Zoology, University of Stockholm, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden; Email: emma.wahlberg@arthropoda.se.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wahlberg
authors.affiliation: Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.; Email: Marianne.espeland@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Espeland
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden.; Email: kjell.arne.johanson@nrm.se.
authors.forename: Kjell Arne
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Johanson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D005260:Female; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D008295:Malawi; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity