Description of larva and pupa of Phylloicus abdominalis Ulmer, 1905 (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae)

Huamantinco, Alicia; Dumas, Leandro Lourenço; Nessimian, Jorge Luiz

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“…The Calamoceratidae is a cosmopolitan family of eight extant genera, with over 100 described species (Prather, 2003). The genus Phylloicus Müller, 1880, includes 61 known species, and is the largest calamoceratid genus in the New World (Huamantinco et al, 2005). Species are distributed throughout Latin America, but are especially diverse in Brazil, Peru and Venezuela (Prather, 2003).…”

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Leaf abundance and phenolic concentrations codetermine the selection of case-building materials by Phylloicus sp. (Trichoptera, Calamoceratidae)

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Phylloicus sp. larvae live on leaf patches in slow flowing waters and build dorso-ventrally flattened cases from leaf pieces. We hypothesized that Phylloicus larvae are selective towards certain leaf species to build a more resistant case. We exposed Phylloicus larvae to equal-area leaf discs of three plant species from the Brazilian Cerrado (Myrcia guyanensis, Miconia chartacea and Protium brasiliense) and one non-native species (Eucalyptus camaldulensis). Phylloicus larvae built cases with discs of all plant species. However, discs of E. camaldulensis and M. guyanensis were used more (36.4% and 35.7%, respectively) than those of P. brasiliense (20.0%). Discs of M. chartacea were used in an intermediate proportion (28.6%). Selection was resource density-dependent, i.e. when P. brasiliense was offered at higher abundance, it was used more frequently by larvae (ANOVA, P \ 0.001). Plant species differed in leaf toughness, phenolic concentration and biomass:area ratio (Kruskal-Wallis, P \ 0.05). Larvae preferentially used leaves with higher phenolic concentrations (R s = 0.907, P \ 0.001) independently of toughness and biomass:area ratio. We suggest that Phylloicus selects for case-building leaves that are chemically protected against microbial degradation and shredder consumption, and this selection depends on leaf abundance. Our results also reinforce the importance of riparian resources and their diversity to the maintenance of aquatic consumers in tropical shaded streams.

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Leaf abundance and phenolic concentrations codetermine the selection of case-building materials by Phylloicus sp. (Trichoptera, Calamoceratidae)

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“…Adults are more diurnal in their activity than most Trichoptera . The immature stages and cases of several species of Phylloicus have been described: Flint (1964a) , Roldán Pérez (1988) , Wiggins (1996) , Bowles and Flint (1997) , Prather (2003) , Huamantinco et al (2005) , Quinteiro et al (2011) . The same stages are also known for Banyallarga argentinica ( Flint and Angrisano 1985 ).…”

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“…Larvae have been described a number of times ( Ulmer 1955 , Wiggins 1996 , Botosaneanu and Sykora 1973 , Botosaneanu and Flint 1982 , Bowles and Flint 1997 , Huamantinco et al 2005 , Quinteiro et al 2011 , Rueda Martín 2013 ). The flat case, made of oval pieces of leaves, is distinctive.…”

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Catalog of the Neotropical Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

Holzenthal¹,

Calor²

2017

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The Neotropical caddisfly (Trichoptera) fauna is cataloged from a review of over 1,000 literature citations through 2015 (partial 2016) to include 3,262 currently recognized, valid species-group names in 25 families and 155 extant genera. Fourteen subspecies are included in the total as well as 35 fossil species and 1 fossil genus. The region covered includes all of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Genus-group and species-group synonyms are listed. For each nominal species, information on the type locality, type depository, sex of type, distribution by country, and other pertinent taxonomic or biological information is included. Summary information on taxonomy, phylogeny, distribution, immature stages, and biology are provided for each family and genus where known. An extensive index to all nominal taxa is included to facilitate use of the catalog. The glossosomatid species Mexitrichia usseglioi Rueda Martín & Gibon, is transferred to Mortoniella comb. n.

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“…The genus is part of the family Calamoceratidae and contains 61 known species that are distributed from South America to Central America. It is a very diverse genus in Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela (Huamantinco, Dumas, & Nessimian, 2005;Prather, 2003). The aims of this study were as follows: i) to better understand how this key invertebrate shredder group affects the decomposition of different species of leaf litter under gradual increases in temperature and microbial conditioning, and ii) to verify the possible consequences on leaf mass loss.…”

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Effects of microbial conditioning and temperature on the leaf-litter shredding activity of Phylloicus sp.

Navarro

Gonçalves

2020

Acta Sci. Biol. Sci.

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Few studies try to explain the effects in tropical lotic ecosystems of an increase in water temperature on the shredding activity of invertebrate shredders, particularly in association with the quality of the leaf litter and the degree of litter conditioning. Therefore, the aims of this study were as follows: i) to better understand how this key invertebrate shredder group affects the decomposition of different species of leaf litter under gradual increases in temperature and microbial conditioning; and ii) to verify the possible consequences on leaf mass loss (LML). Three species of leaf litter were used in two experiments. In experiment I, the litters of three species (Protium spruceanum, Richeria grandis and Inga laurina) at three conditioning levels (1, 7, 14 days) were tested under five different temperatures (20, 22, 24, 26 and 28°C). In experiment II, the leaf litters of three species were used, without conditioning, under four temperatures (20, 22, 26 and 27°C). The shredding performed by Phylloicus sp. was largely dependent on the lignin and cellulose concentrations in each leaf species, independent of conditioning. The presence or absence of conditioning may cause the shredders to use different energy compensation strategies in response to the temperature increases.

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Description of larva and pupa of Phylloicus abdominalis Ulmer, 1905 (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae)

Abstract: The larva and pupa of Phylloicus abdominalis Ulmer, 1905 from a tributary of the Rio Preto, Itatiaia, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are described, illustrated and compared to other Neotropical species in the genus.

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Leaf abundance and phenolic concentrations codetermine the selection of case-building materials by Phylloicus sp. (Trichoptera, Calamoceratidae)

Leaf abundance and phenolic concentrations codetermine the selection of case-building materials by Phylloicus sp. (Trichoptera, Calamoceratidae)

Catalog of the Neotropical Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

Effects of microbial conditioning and temperature on the leaf-litter shredding activity of Phylloicus sp.

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