Revision of the caddisfly family Uenoidae (Trichoptera)

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Wiggins, Glenn B.; Weaver, John S., III; Unzicker, John D.

Source:

Canadian Entomologist, Entomological Society of Canada, Volume 117, Issue 06, p.763-800 (1985)

Call Number:

A85WIG01IDUS

Keywords:

caddisfly, Farula, Neothremma, Sericostriata surdickae, SWAP, Uenoidae

Abstract:

The western Nearctic genera Neothremma and Farula are assigned to the family Uenoidae, previously comprising only the type genus Uenoa from Asia; a new genus Sericostriata with S. surdickae n. sp. from western North America is also added to the family. Traditionally assigned to the Limnephilidae where they have always been anomalous, Neothremma and Farula are shown to share many synapomorphic larval characters with Uenoa; under close examination, characters of the adults support this relationship. Familial and generic diagnoses are provided, reflecting the revised composition of the Uenoidae. Generic keys to adults, larvae, and pupae are given; species are briefly reviewed and keys given to adults; Uenoa arcuata n. sp. is described from Assam, Uenoa janetscheki Botosaneanu is placed as a junior subjective synonym under U. hiberna Kimmins, and Neothremma laloukesi Schrnid as a junior subjective synonym of N. alicia Dodds and Hisaw. Phylogenetic relationships among the genera are considered. This study is an instructive example of the importance of larvae in providing data for the systematics of Trichoptera.

Notes:

ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology: Invertebrates

SWAP (2/19/2016) citation (with minor changes):
Wiggins GB, Weaver JS 3rd, Unzicker JD. 1985. Revision of the caddisfly family Uenoidae (Trichoptera). [accessed 2016 Jan 26]; Canadian Entomologist. 117(06):763–800. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent117763-6