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Dean, J.C. (2004) Identification keys to Australian families and genera of caddis-fly larvae (Trichoptera). Identification guide no. 50. Cooperative Research for ...
The origin of the word "caddis" is unclear, but it dates back to at least as far as Izaak Walton's 1653 book The Compleat Angler, where "cod-worms or caddis" were mentioned as being used as bait. The term cadyss was being used in the fifteenth century for silk or cotton cloth, and "cadice-men" were itinerant vendors of such materials, but a ...
Philopotamidae is a family of insects in the order Trichoptera, the caddisflies.They are known commonly as the finger-net caddisflies. [1] [2]The aquatic larvae of these caddisflies spin mesh nets of silk in flowing water to catch food.
Limnephilidae is a family of caddisflies with about 100 genera.They belong to the main lineage of case-constructing caddisflies, the Integripalpia or tube-case caddisflies. . The Limnephilidae is one of the most species-rich Trichoptera families of northern temperate regions, but only a few are known from tropical areas and the Southern Hemisphe
Dicosmoecus gilvipes is a species of northern caddisfly in the family Limnephilidae.This particular caddisfly is found in and near streams of North America, from northern California and Colorado to British Columbia and as eastern to Nevada, Idaho, Montana and Alberta. [2]
Ceraclea dissimilis Triaenodes. The family Leptoceridae are a family of caddisflies often called "long-horned caddisflies" or "silverhorns". Leptoceridae is the second largest family of caddisflies with over 1850 species in approximately 68 genera. [1]
The Hydropsychidae are a family-level taxon consisting of net-spinning caddisflies.Hydropsychids are common among much of the world's streams, and a few species occupy the shorelines of freshwater lakes. [1]
Helicopsychidae (snail-case caddisflies) are a family of Trichoptera. [1] The name refers to the helix shaped larval cases and they should not be confused with Limnephilidae which sometimes inhabit the snail shells. [1]