Trichoptera: Psychomyiidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoPsychomyia flavida Hagen, 1861 Trumpet-net Caddisflies, Dark purple-breasted sedgeUpdated 4 June 2009
LinksOther Websites: Illustration - University of Alberta Entomology Collection Species page Has illustration of male genitalia, description, habitat information, range and more. ReferencesArmitage,BJ; Hamilton,SW 1990 Diagnostic atlas of the North American caddisfly adults. II. Ecnomidae, Polycentropodidae, Psychomyiidae, and Xiphocentronidae. Caddis Press, Anthens, Alabama (Columbus, Ohio).Coffman,WP, Cummns,KW, and Wuycheck,JC 1971 Energy flow in a woodland stream ecosystem: I. Tissue support trophic structure of autumnal community. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 68(2) 232-276. Flint, O. S., Jr. 1964 Notes on some Nearctic Psychomyiidae with special reference to their larvae (Trichoptera). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 115. Hagen,HA 1861 Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America with a list of South American species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 4, 1-344. Hagen's Glossary (pdf) 
Lehmkuhl,DM and Kerst,CD 1979 Zoogeographical affinities and identification of central Arctic caddisflies (Trichoptera). Musk-Ox 25: 12-28. Li, Y. J., and J. C. Morse. 1997 Phylogeny and classification of Psychomyiidae (Trichoptera) genera. Pages 271-276 in Proceedings of the 8th International Sympolium on Trichoptera (R. W. Holzenthal, and O. S. Flint, Jr., eds.). Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio. Ross,HH 1944 The Caddis Flies, or Trichoptera, of Illinois. Natural History Survey of Illinois 23 Los Angeles, CA. 326 pages. Describes the larvae of P. flavida. Schmid, F. 1983 Revision des trichopteres Canadiens. III. Les Hyalopsychidae, Psychomyiidae, Goeride, Brachycentridae, Sericostomatidae, Helicopsychidae, Beraeidae, Odontoceridae, Calamoceratidae et Molannidae. Memoires de la societe entomologique du Canada. Volume 125, 109 pages. Swegman, BG 1978. The occurrence of an intersex individual of Psychomyia flavida (Trichoptera). Entomological News 89:187-188. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Assessment Data Warehouse (NAWQA) shows this species is present in Gunnison County. Data as of 1Sep2005 Brown, Wendy S. 2005 Trichoptera (Caddisflies) of Gunnison County, Colorado, USA www.gunnisoninsects.org |