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Updated 16 Nov 2005
Locations CollectedIllinois Natural History Survey (INHS) Database shows this species present at the following sites: Willow Creek, Roaring Judy Fish Hatchery, Almont, and Gunnison. Allan (1975) reports this species from Cement Creek.LinksOn this website:Introduction to Rhyacophila Other Websites: University of Alberta Entomology Collection Species page Has illustration of male genitalia, description, habitat information, range and more. ReferencesAllan, J.D. 1975. The distributional ecology and diversity of benthic insects in Cement Creek, Colorado. Ecology 56:1040-1053. AbstractBanks,N 1904 Neuropteroid insects from New Mexico. Transactions of American Entomological Society 32, 97-110. Herrmann,SJ; Ruiter,DE; Unzicker,JD 1986 Distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Southwestern Naturalist 31 4, 421-457. They note the habitat for this species is streams and rivers, the altitudinal range is 1658 to 3319m and adult collection dates are 22 March to 20 September. Quote from page 450: "Smith (1968b) reported the immature stages from "...the margins and in the deeper portions of rapids." In Colorado the majority of the pupae overwinter and emerge in the spring. Peck and Smith (1978) cited this rhyacophilid from Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana,and Idaho. " Peck,DL; Smith,SD 1978 A revision of the Rhyacophila coloradensis complex (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae). Melanderia 27, 1-24. Smith,SD 1968 The Rhyacophila of the Salmon river drainage of Idaho with special reference to larvae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61 3, 655-674. Has a key to larvae that includes R. coloradensis. 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 |