A Review of the Nearctic Lepidostomatidae (Trichoptera)
Ross HH. 1946. A Review of the Nearctic Lepidostomatidae (Trichoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 39(2):265-291
ABSTRACT: The males of this caddisfly family are unusual in the number of very odd structural developments of many appendages. Noteworthy of these secondary sexual characters are enlargement or folding of the wings, plate-like expansion of some of the leg segments, oddly shaped branches, grooves or twisted regions of the basal antennal segment, and many diverse shapes assumed by the maxillary palpi. None of these characters has any similar counterpart in the female. Until recent years, these unusual male structures were used as a basis for generic definition. So abundant are these characters that in 1936 about 15 genera had been erected for the reception of the less than 25 Nearctic species recognized in the family at that time. Few of these genera or species were recognizable in the female sex.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Ross, Herbert
- Units
- GLAC , GRSM , ROMO , YELL , YOSE
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, caddisflies, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-01433, Insects, Lepidostoma tibialis, Lepidostoma togatum, Lepidostomatidae, new species, SER, Southeast Region, taxonomy, Theliopsyche epilone, Trichoptera