Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica. 9. The Trichoptera (Caddisflies) of the Lesser Antilles

Abstract

The Trichoptera or caddisflies are one of the panorpoid orders of insects closely related to the Mecoptera and Lepidoptera. The adults are quite mothhke in appearance, but their wings are generally covered with hairs rather than scales as in the Lepidoptera. They are holometabolous with their larval and pupal stages aquatic or, in a few cases, subaquatic or terrestrial. The larvae are most frequently noticed because of theh habit of constructing some sort of shelter, which in certain families is a basically tubular case that encloses most of the body and that is carried around by the larvae as they wander over the substrate. The larvae of other families construct silken retreats that are fixed to the substrate and that serve to trap food particles from the flowing water.

Catalog of the Neotropical Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

“…Argentina (Angrisano and Sganga 2007, Angrisano 1995c, Brand 2009, Flint, 1982c, Isa Miranda and Rueda Martín 2014, Mangeaud 1996, Manzo et al, 2014, Muzón et al, 2005); Brazil (Almeida and Marinoni 2000, Barcelos-Silva et al 2012, Blahnik et al 2004, Calor 2011, Costa et al 2014, Dumas and Nessimian 2012, Dumas et al, 2009, Dumas et al, 2010, Flint 1992d, Marinoni and Almeida 2000, Moretto and Bispo 2015, Nogueira and Cabette 2011, Oliveira and Froehlich 1997, Paprocki and França 2014, Paprocki et al 2004, Quinteiro et al 2014, Speis and Forehlich 2009, Souza et al, 2013a); Caribbean Islands (Botosaneanu 2002); Chile (Flint 1974e, Rojas 2006, Schmid 1952); Colombia (Flint 1991, Medellín et al, 2004, Muñoz-Quesada 2000, Rincón-Hernández 1999); Costa Rica (Holzenthal 1988c, Muñoz-Quesada 1999, Springer 2010); Cuba (Botosaneanu 1977, 1979, 1980, Flint 1996c, González Lazo et al 2005, Kumanski 1987, López del Castillo et al, 2004, 2007, Naranjo López and González Lazo 2005); Curaçao (Flint 1992a); Dominican Republic (Botosaneanu 1995, 1996, Flint and Sykora 2004, Wichard 1987, 2007a, b); Grenada (Flint and Sykora 1993); Guadaloupe (Botosaneanu 1994a, 2000); Haiti (Botosaneanu 1991a); Hispaniola (Flint and Pérez-Gelabert 1999, Pérez-Gelabert 2008); Jamaica (Botosaneanu and Hyslop 1998, 1999, Botosaneanu and Thomas 2004, Flint 1968a, Malicky 1999); Lesser Antilles (Flint 1968b, Malicky 1983); Martinique (Botosaneanu and Thomas 2005, Botosaneanu 1988, 1989a); Mexico (Banks 1901, Bueno-Soria and B...…”

“…—Flint, 1968b:83 [checklist]. —Botosaneanu, 1996:21 [♂; misidentificated as Phylloicus superbus according to Flint and Sykora, 2004].…”

“…—Flint, 1967c:14 [♂; lectotype, redescription]. —Flint, 1968b:81 [checklist]. —Botosaneanu, 1977:232 [distribution; probably comma ].…”

“…—Flint, 1968b:81 [checklist]. —Oláh, 1987:151 [♂; misidentification of Smicridea coma according to Botosaneanu, 2002:94].…”

New Atanatolica species from Ecuador (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae)

“…Larvae are associated with small and medium-sized Neotropical mountain streams, waterfalls, their splash zones, and even outside the water in moist, semiterrestrial habitats (Flint 1968, Holzenthal 1988). Larvae and pupae are usually found in large numbers, often in groups, attached to the substrate by anterior silken pedicles or with silken strands attached to rocks to improve larval purchase and mobility on smooth surfaces (Holzenthal 1988).…”