Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 2608 No. 1: 10 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2608.1.2
Page range: 25–44
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 12

The Neotrichia caxima Group (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) in the southeastern United States

Department of Biology, Clarion University, Clarion, Pennsylvania 16214
Center for Water and Air Quality, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 32307
Trichoptera Hydroptilidae microcaddisflies Neotrichia new species Virginia southeastern United States

Abstract

The Neotrichia caxima Group in the southeastern United States is reviewed and a new species from Virginia is described. New figures for the males are provided and females of the 8 species are illustrated and diagnosed. Keys are provided to separate the males and associated females of the N. caxima Group occurring in the southeastern United States.

References

  1. Abbott, J.C., Stewart, K.S. & Moulton, S.R. (1997) Aquatic insects of the Big Thicket region of east Texas. Texas Journal of Science Supplement, 49, 35–50.

    Harris, S.C. (1985) New Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from Alabama. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58, 248–253.

    Harris, S.C. (1991) New caddisflies (Trichoptera) from Alabama and Florida. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, 11, 11–16.

    Harris, S.C. & Keth, A.C. (2002) Two new microcaddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from Alabama and Florida. Entomological News, 113, 73–79.

    Kelley, R.W. & Harris, S.C. (1983) New Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from Alabama and South Carolina. Entomological News, 94, 181–186.

    Keth, A.C. (2002) Taxonomy of the genus Neotrichia and related taxa (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae: Neotrichiini). Ph.D. dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 327 pp.

    Moulton, S.R. & Stewart K.S. (1997) A preliminary checklist of Texas caddisflies (Trichoptera). In: Holzenthal, R.W. & Flint, O.S. (Eds), Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Trichoptera, Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio, pp. 349–353.

    Ross, H.H. (1938) Descriptions of Nearctic caddisflies (Trichoptera) with special reference to the Illinois species. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 21, 101–183.

    Ross, H.H. (1941) Descriptions and records of North American Trichoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 67, 35–126.

    Ross, H.H. (1944) The caddis flies, or Trichoptera, of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 23, 1–326.

    Wiggins, G.B. (1996) Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera, 2nd ed. University of Toronto Press, 457p.