Larvae of the North American Caddisfly Genera (Trichoptera)

Author: Glenn B. Wiggins  

Publisher: University of Toronto Press‎

Publication year: 2015

E-ISBN: 9781442623606

Subject: Q969.41 Trichoptera

Language: ENG

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Description

The most comprehensive existing reference on the aquatic larval stages of the 149 Nearctic genera of Trichoptera, comprising more than 1400 species in North America.

Chapter

GENERAL SECTION

Introduction

Objectives

Geographic limits

Organization and methods

Use of keys

Classification

Biological considerations

Ancestral habitat

Habitat diversity

Respiration

Feeding

Construction behaviour

Life cycles

Morphology

Head

Thorax

Abdomen

Techniques

Collecting

Associating larval stages

Preserving, storing, and shipping specimens

Studying specimens

SYSTEMATIC SECTION

Key to larvae of North American families of Trichoptera

Suborder Spicipalpia

1 Family Glossosomatidae

2 Family Hydrobiosidae

3 Family Hydroptilidae

4 Family Rhyacophilidae

Suborder Annulipalpia

5 Family Dipseudopsidae

6 Family Ecnomidae

7 Family Hydropsychidae

8 Family Philopotamidae

9 Family Polycentropodidae

10 Family Psychomyiidae

11 Family Xiphocentronidae

Suborder Integripalpia

12 Family Apataniidae

13 Family Beraeidae

14 Family Brachycentridae

15 Family Calamoceratidae

16 Family Goeridae

17 Family Helicopsychidae

18 Family Lepidostomatidae

19 Family Leptoceridae

20 Family Limnephilidae

21 Family Molannidae

22 Family Odontoceridae

23 Family Phryganeidae

24 Family Rossianidae

25 Family Sericostomatidae

26 Family Uenoidae

Literature cited

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