Aquatic Vertebrate Predation Threats to the Platte River Caddisfly (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)

The larva of Drusus vinconi Sipahiler, 1992 (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae, Drusinae)

This paper describes the previously unknown larva of Drusus vinconi Sipahiler, 1992. Information on the morphology of the 5th larval instar is given, and the most important diagnostic features are illustrated. In the context of existing identification keys the larva of Drusus vinconi keys together with Drusus annulatus (Stephens, 1837), Drusus biguttatus (Pictet, 1834), Drusus ingridae Sipahile...

The genus Pseudostenophylax Martynov (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae) in Japan.

I revise the Japanese species of the genus Pseudostenophylax Martynov (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae), and recognize 8 species including five new species, P. tohokuensis, P. kuharai, P. itoae, P. tanidai and P. befui, and three previously described species, P tochigiensis Schmid, P ondakensis (Iwata) and P. dentilus (Kobayashi). Pseudostenophylax takaoensis Schmid is synonymized with P. ondakenis....

A new Middle Jurassic caddisfly (Trichoptera, Hydrobiosidae) from China

The order Trichoptera, so-called “hairy wings”, contains three suborders, namely Annulipalpia, Integripalpia, and Spicipalpia, with over 13,000 known extant species. The order is widely distributed around the world, except for the polar regions (Morse 2012), and has an extensive fossil record, with 37 families, 193 genera, and more than 660 species reported to date (Handlirsch 1906–1908, 1939; ...

Protecting Public Values in the Platte River

A new caddisfly genus (Trichoptera, Odontoceridae) from Vietnam

Cephalopsyche, a new genus of caddisfly (Trichoptera, Odontoceridae), is described from Vietnam. Two new species are placed in the genus: Cephalopsyche gorgonasp. n. and Cephalopsyche neboissisp. n. The adult male and female of each species exhibit distinct sexual dimorphism, especially in head morphology. In males, there are hinged, chamber-like structures on the vertex of the head, containing...