Trichoptera Lab Quiz

Philopotamidae

• Finger-net Caddisfly

• Membranous T-shaped labrum

• Abdominal tergum 9 entirely membranous (no sclerite)

Heliocopsychidae

• Snail Casemaker Caddisfly

• Coiled, snail-like case

Limnephilidae

• Northern Casemaker Caddisfly

• Small, inconspicuous antennae located midway between eye and mandible

• Superfamily; lots of variation + many genuses

Leptoceridae

• Long-Horned Caddisfly

• “Long” (aka, not nub-like) antennae

• Lab sp. (genus Nectopsyche) with cone-shaped case, long thin body

• Unscleritized metanotum

Hydropsychidae

• Seine-net Weaver Caddisflies

• Branched gills

• Setal fan on prolegs (end of abdomen)

• Sclerotized on pro-, meso-, and metanotum

• Do not build cases

Glossosomatidae

• Saddle Casemaker Caddisfly

• Not on quiz - no head on sp.