Chilostigma

Chilostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Limnephilidae
Subfamily: Limnephilinae
Tribe: Chilostigmini
Genus: Chilostigma
McLachlan, 1876
Species

Chilostigma is a genus of caddisflies in the family Limnephilidae.[1] All of its members are found in Scandinavia and Finland, apart from Chilostigma itascae, which has only been recorded from Nicollet Creek in the Mississippi River's headwaters of Itasca State Park, Minnesota,[2] and Chilostigma sieboldi, which is known from both European localities and Hokkaido in Japan.[3] Other North American species were formerly placed in this genus.[1][4]

The four known species are:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Chilostigma McLachlan, 1876". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  2. Henderson, Carrol L. (January–February 2008). "Minnesota Profile: Headwaters Chilostigman Caddisfly". Minnesota Conservation Volunteer. 71 (416): 72–73.
  3. Tanida, K.; T. Nozaki; and M. Itou (April 1999). "The Larval Stage of Chilostigma sieboldi McLachlan (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae), with Notes on Taxonomy and Distribution". Aquatic Insects. 21 (2): 153–160. doi:10.1076/aqin.21.2.153.4536.
  4. The Commissioners of Fisheries of the State of New York (1878). Tenth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries of the State of New York for the Year 1877. Albany, New York: Van Benthuysen. pp. 22–24.
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