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TRICHOPTERA (caddis flies)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos #microphotos
Trichoptera? Ovum 17 July 1999 Berks England 10 3

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Suborder ANNULIPALPIA (caseless caddis proper) 2        
Family HYDROPSYCHIDAE (net-making caddis flies) 1 39 17 22  
Family POLYCENTROPODIDAE (snare-making caddis flies) 1 15 6 5  
Suborder INTEGRIPALPIA (true cased caddis flies) 13        
Family LEPTOCERIDAE (long-horned caddis flies) 7 37 36 9 1
Family LIMNEPHILIDAE (a family of Caddis Flies) 3 93 5    
Family ODONTOCERIDAE (silver sedge caddis fly) 1 5      
Family PHRYGANEIDAE (a family of Caddis Flies) 1 25 16    
Family SERICOSTOMATIDAE (a family of Caddis Flies) 1 14 11    
Suborder SPICIPALPIA (primitive caddis flies) 1        
Family HYDROPTILIDAE (Micro-caddis Flies) 1 2   4 1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Eutaxa - electronic keys & reference collections: http://www.eutaxa.com (Electronic Identification Key to larvae (DVD for sale) - online version to families only.) Web Site/Page
Edington, J.M. & Hildrew, A.G., 1995 Caseless Caddis Larvae of the British Isles
Macan, T.T., 1973 A Key to the Adults of British Trichoptera
Malicky, H., 2004 Atlas of European Trichoptera
Mosely, M.E., 1939 The British Caddis Flies (Trichoptera)
Wallace, I.D, Wallace, B. & Phillipson, G.N., 1990 A Key to the Case-bearing Caddis Larvae of Britain and Ireland

General Works

Alexander, K.N.A., 2002 The Invertebrates of Living and Decaying Timber in Britain and Ireland - a Provisional Annotated Checklist
Nature Crafted Jewelry by Windscape Inc.: http://www.wildscape.com Web Site/Page
Wallace, I.D., 1991 A Review of the Trichoptera of Great Britain

TRICHOPTERA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with TRICHOPTERA:

adult adult may be infected by pure white to grey or rarely green, shaggy rhizoids Erynia conica - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 [in wet places]
adult adult may be infected by Erynia rhizospora - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 [in wet places]

Trichoptera may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)

References

Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato

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