The larva of Diplectrona atra McLachlan, 1878 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae), based on central European material

Abstract

The larva of Diplectrona atra McLachlan, 1878 is re-described and compared with the morphologically very similar larva of D. felix McLachlan, 1878. Information for the identification of both species is given and some zoogeographical and ecological notes are presented.

Keywords:

• Trichoptera
• Diplectrona atra
• description
• habitat
• ecology

Acknowledgements

We are greatly indebted to Prof. J.M. Edington for providing specimens of D. felix from his collection and to Prof. Waltraud Klepal and Mag. Gerhard F. Spitzer for their assistance in preparing the SEM micrographs.