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Gunnison County, Colorado

Trichoptera (Caddisfly) Provisional Species List

Updated 30 Sept 2008

Trichoptera World Checklist

Suborder Spicipalpia (Closed-cocoon Makers)

Glossosomatidae (Saddle Case Makers)


Hydroptilidae (Microcaddisflies)

introduction

Rhyacophilidae (Freeliving Caddisflies, Green Rock Worm)


Suborder Annulipalpia (Fixed-Retreat Makers)

Hydropsychidae (Net Spinner Caddis)

Philopotamidae (Finger-net Caddisflies)

Psychomyiidae (Trumpet-net Caddisflies)

Suborder Integripalpia (Portable-Case Makers)

Apataniidae


Brachycentridae (Log Cabin Casemakers, Humpless case-maker)


Helicopsychidae (Snailcase Caddis)

Lepidostomatidae

Leptoceridae (Longhorned Case Makers)

Limnephilidae (Northern Case Makers, Giant Caddis)

Molannidae (Hood-case Makers)

Phryganeidae (Giant Case Maker Caddisflies)

Uenoidae

Caddis that may be here. Found in contiguous or nearby high elevation Colorado Counties

Based on comparisons with data from other counties, it appears the highest elevations of Gunnison County may be poorly collected.

  • Cheumatopsyche enonis Ross 1938 (HRU Lower Gunnison - can't make it up here?)
  • Cheumatopsyche pettiti (Banks) 1908 (HRU Lower Gunnison - " ")
  • Chimarra utahensis Ross 1938 (Montane, warm spring/Park county)
  • Culoptila thoracica (Ross) 1938 (High elevations, Eagle, Summit, Grand)
  • Glossosoma verdona Ross 1938 (Pitkin Saguache)
  • Glyphopsyche irrorata (Fabricus) 1781 (Pitkin)
  • Hesperophylax designatus (Walker) 1852 Mentioned by Ruiter in emails
  • Hydroptila rono Ross 1941 (Pitkin)
  • Lenarchus brevipennis (Banks) 1899 (Very high, Larimer county)
  • Lenarchus fautini Denning 1949 (Grand and Jackson, rare in Colorado)
  • Lepidostoma ormeum Ross 1946 (was L. ormea see Weaver p 80) (Pitkin)
  • Lepidostoma unicolor (Banks) 1911 (Saguache)
  • Oligophlebodes ardis Ross 1941 (Grand, Summit)
  • Oligophlebodes sierra Ross 1944 (Pitkin)
  • Psychoronia costalis (Banks) 1901 WSB?
  • Rhyacophila vocala Milne 1936 (Pitkin, rare)
  • Rhyacophila vofixa Milne 1936 (Lake, high)
  • and undoubtably more species :-)

Sources and References for Gunnison County records

Allan, J.D. 1975. The distributional ecology and diversity of benthic insects in Cement Creek, Colorado. Ecology 56:1040-1053. Abstract
     Widely cited longitudinal survey of Cement Creek.

Ruiter,David E (1995): The genus Limnephilus Leach (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae) of the new world. Vol. 11. Ohio Biological Survey, College of Biological Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 200 pages

Herrmann,Scott J; Ruiter,Dave E; Unzicker,John D (1986): Distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Southwestern Naturalist 31(4), 421-457.

NAWQA = USGS National Water Quality Assessment Data Warehouse Data as of 1Sep2005

Peckarsky,Barbara L, Dodson,Stanley I, Conklin,Don J (1985): A key to the aquatic insects of streams in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab, including chironomid larvae from streams and ponds. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver CO. 47 pages.

Weaver,John S (1988): A synopsis of the North American Lepidostomatidae (Trichoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 24, (2) 1-141.

Useful for more information on taxonomy

Integrated Taxonomic Information System     http://www.itis.gov/
     Check for name changes. Useful when reading old papers.


Brown, Wendy S. 2004 Caddisflies or Trichoptera of Gunnison County, Colorado
www.gunnisoninsects.org


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