Trichoptera: Limnephilidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoLimnephilus tarsalis(Banks) 1920Updated 20 Nov 2022
TSN 116216 Good LinksOn this website:Limnephilus Introduction ReferencesBalik,JA; Leitz,C; Washko,SE; Cleveland,B; Krejsa,DM; Perchik,ME; Stogsdill,A; Vlah,M; Demi,LM; Greig,HS and Shepard,ID 2022 Species-specific traits predict whole-assemblage detritus processing by pond invertebrates. Oecologia, 199(4), pp.951-963.Balik,JA; Taylor,BW; Washko,SE and Wissinger,SA 2018 High interspecific variation in nutrient excretion within a guild of closely related caddisfly species. Ecosphere, 9(5) p.e02205. PDF Banks,N 1920 New Neuropteroid insects. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 64: 299-362. Described as Colpotaulius tarsalis.   
Heinold,B 2010 The mayflies (Ephemeroptera), stoneflies (Plecoptera), and caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the South Platte River Basin of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. M.S. Thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 375 pages. 148 distribution maps. PDF Remarks about L.tarsalis from pages 260-261: "The type locality for this species is Ward, Colorado (Banks 1920), although it has rarely been collected in SPRB. Wissinger et al. (2003) suggested this species can complete their life cycle in ponds that dry up by early to mid-summer. Specimens were collected at elevations from 2177 m to 2813 m. Adults were present in July." Williams,D and Williams,N 1998 Aquatic insects in an estuarine environment: densities, distribution and salinity tolerance. Quote from page 420: " In a study of fourteen tidepools along the north shore of the St Lawrence River, salinity levels again influenced the assemblages of insects found (Williams and Williams, 1976). In pools with a salinity, 2.5‰ there were caddisflies (Limnephilus tarsalis and Oecetis sp.), a dragonfly ( Aeshna interrupta), together with several species of beetle, corixid and chironomid. Whereas a few L. tarsalis were found in pools with salinity as high as 19.8‰, pools above 22‰ contained only the shore fly Ephydra subopaca and the marine midges Halocladius and Cricotopus sylvestris. " Wissinger,SA; Brown,WS and Jannot,JE 2003 Caddisfly life histories along permanence gradients in high altitude wetlands in Colorado (U.S.A.). Freshwater Biology 48(2). Abstract PDF (427 KB) Zuellig,RE; Heinold,BD; Kondratieff,BC and Ruiter,DE 2012 Diversity and distribution of mayflies (Ephemeroptera), stoneflies (Plecoptera), and caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1873-2010 (No. 606). US Geological Survey. PDF - caution 46MB Elevation collected 7,150-9,250ft Adults were found in July in 1995. Remarks from page 91: "The type locality for this species is Ward, Colorado (Banks, 1920), although it rarely has been collected in SPRB. Wissinger and others (2003) suggested this species completes its life cycle in ponds that dry up by early to mid-summer." |