<strong>Caddisflies of Russia: Fauna and biodiversity</strong>

Abstract

Analysis of the historical faunistic explorations in Russia demonstrates the gradual improvement of knowledge during the 20th century for this country with variable borders. Recent estimations of the Trichoptera biodiversity in the Russian Federation show the presence of 643 species in 148 genera of 28 families within its limits. The largest family, Limnephilidae, comprises 159 species, followed by Leptoceridae (92 spp.), Hydroptilidae (56), Rhyacophilidae (49), Apataniidae (41), Polycentropodidae (35), Hydropsychidae (33), Phryganeidae (28), Glossosomatidae (23), Psychomyiidae (22), Philopotamidae (19), Lepidostomatidae (18), Goeridae (12), Brachycentridae (9), Molannidae (8), Beraeidae (6), Sericostomatidae (5), Stenopsychidae (5), Arctopsychidae (4), Ptilocolepidae (4), Ecnomidae (3), Uenoidae (3), Calamoceratidae (3), and Odontoceridae (2), with Hydrobiosidae, Dipseudopsidae, Phryganopsychidae, and Thremmatidae each with a single species. The fauna of Far East Russia is the richest with 392 species, whereas European Russia in inhabited by 225 spp., the Caucasus 155, and Siberia 239. Species distribution patterns are not known in detail even in European Russia. New additions to the fauna are expected from the Far East and other regions.

Description of the larva of Holocentropus insignis Martynov 1924 (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) with notes on biology and distribution

“…15). Holocentropus insignis has been recorded from other regions in European Russia (Kola Peninsula, Karelia, and the Leningrad and St. Petersburg regions) and Siberia (Yakutia) also, but no exact coordinates are available (Ivanov 2011).…”

New records of caddisflies of the genus Plectrocnemia Stephens, 1836 (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) from Siberia (Russia)

“…The distribution maps are based on published data [Martynov, 1934;Levanidova, 1964;Botoșăneanu, 1970;Spuris, 1989;Vshivkova, 1991Vshivkova, , 2016Kumanski, 1992;Levanidova et al, 1995;Arefina, 1997Arefina, , 2005Tiunova et al, 2003;Arefina, Armitage, 2005;Yang et al, 2005;Hwang, Chun, 2006;Arefina-Armitage, 2007;Ohkawa, Ito, 2007;Nozaki, Tanida, 2007;Chuluunbat, Morse, 2007;Tiunova, Arefina-Armitage, 2010;Oláh, 2010;Ivanov, 2011;Zhong et al, 2012;Ivanov, Melnitsky, 2013;Vshivkova et al, 2013;Potikha, Vshivkova, 2016;Vshivkova, Akatkina, 2016;Yang et al, 2016;Tanida, 2016;Chuluunbat et al, 2016;Smirnova et al, 2016;Oláh et al, 2018]. The borders of Siberia are based on the zoning scheme used in the report on the caddisfly fauna of Russia [Ivanov, 2011]. In distribution parts the following abbreviations are used: S -Siberia (KK -Republic of Khakassia); FE -Russian Far East (AMU -Amur Region; YEV -Jewish Autonomous Region; KHA -Khabarovsk Region; PRI -Primorsky Region; SAK -Sakhalin Region).…”

New Records of Caddisflies (Trichoptera) From Salair Ridge, West Siberia

“…Herein used taxonomy follows the Tichoptera World Checklist (Morse, 2019). The distribution of species is given according to literary data (Ivanov & Melnitsky, 2007;Ivanov, 2011;Zhong et al, 2012;Сhuluunbat et al, 2016;Kuranishi & Tanida, 2016;Pan'kov & Krasheninnikov, 2016;Smirnova et al, 2016;Yang et al, 2016;Zasypkina, 2016;Melnitsky & Ivanov, 2017;Loskutova & Rafikova, 2018;Morse, 2019). The main part of studied specimens is deposited in the collections of Novosibirsk State University.…”