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Henri Tachet (1937–2025): In recognition of his contribution to freshwater macroinvertebrate taxonomy and ecology

INRAE; RiverLy; 69100; Villeurbanne; France
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; LEHNA UMR 5023; CNRS; ENTPE; F-69622; Villeurbanne; France
CNRS; UMR 7360 LIEC; Université de Lorraine; 57000; Metz; France
Trichoptera freshwater macroinvertebrates taxonomy functional ecology Henri Tachet

References

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  2. Bournaud, M., Tachet, H. & Roux, A.L. (1987) The effects of seasonal and hydrological influences on the macroinvertebrates of the Rhone River, France: 2. Ecological aspects. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. 76, 1–2, 25–52. https://doi.org/10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/109/1987/287
  3. Coppa, G. & Tachet, H. (2004 (2005)) The female of Hydroptila phaon Malicky 1976 (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae). Ephemera, 6 (2), 125–133.
  4. Coppa, G. & Tachet, H. (2005 (2007)) Redescription of the larva of Setodes viridis (Fourcroy, 1785) and considerations about the European larvae of Setodes Trichoptera, Leptoceridae. Ephemera, 7 (2), 63–84.
  5. Coppa, G., Graf, W. & Tachet, H. (2012) A revised description of the larvae of three species of the Rhyacophila tristis group: Rhyacophila aquitanica, Rhyacophila pubescens and Rhyacophila tristis (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae). Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology, 48 (2), 215–223. https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2012014
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  13. Tachet, H., Bournaud, M., Richoux, P., Dessaix, P. & Pattee, E. (avec la collaboration de Callière, L., Coulet, M., Fontaine, J., Juget, J., Thiéry, A., Usseglio-Polatera, P. & Wuillot, J.) (2009) Initiation aux invertébrés des eaux douces. Association Française de Limnologie, AQUAREF, ARALEP, Université Lyon I – UMR Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Fluviaux, Geolab, 199 pp.
  14. Tachet, H., Coppa, G. & Forcellini, M. (2018) A comparative description of the larvae of Psychomyia pusilla (Fabricius 1781), Metalype fragilis (Pictet 1834), and Paduniella vandeli Decamps 1965 (Trichoptera: Psychomyiidae) and comments on the larvae of other species belonging to these three genera. Zootaxa, 4402 (1), 91–112. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.4
  15. Tachet, H., Morse, J.C. & Berly, A. (2001) The larva and pupa of Pseudoneureclipsis lusitanicus Malicky, 1980 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychoidea): Description, ecological data and taxonomical considerations. Aquatic Insects, 23 (2), 93–106. https://doi.org/10.1076/aqin.23.2.93.4917
  16. Tachet, H., Pierrot, J.P., Roux, C. & Bournaud, M. (1992) Net-building behaviour of six Hydropsyche species (Trichoptera) in relation to current velocity and distribution along the Rhône River. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 11 (4), 350–365. https://doi.org/10.2307/1467557
  17. Tachet, H., Richoux, P., Bournaud, M. & Usseglio-Polatera, P. (2010) Invertébrés d1397969521eau douce. Systématique, biologie, écologie. Seconde édition, CNRS Editions, Paris, 600 pp.
  18. Tachet, H., Usseglio-Polatera, P. & Roux, C. (1994) Theoretical habitat templets, species traits, and species richness: Trichoptera in the Upper Rhône River and its floodplain. Freshwater Biology, 31, 397–416. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1994.tb01748.x
  19. Usseglio-Polatera, P. & Tachet, H. (1994) Theoretical habitat templets, species traits, and species richness: Plecoptera and Ephemeroptera in the Upper Rhône River and its floodplain. Freshwater Biology, 31, 357–376. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1994.tb01746.x
  20. Usseglio-Polatera, P., Bournaud, M., Richoux, P. & Tachet, H. (2000) Biological and ecological traits of benthic freshwater macroinvertebrates: relationships and definition of groups with similar traits. Freshwater Biology, 43, 175–205. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00535.x

How to Cite

Forcellini, M., Dolédec, S. & Usseglio-Polatera, P. (2026) Henri Tachet (1937–2025): In recognition of his contribution to freshwater macroinvertebrate taxonomy and ecology. Zootaxa, 5810 (1), 189–192. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5810.1.11