Beraeidae
Karl Kjer
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This small family, established by Wallengren (1891), is comprised of 7 genera and about 50 species. It reaches its greatest diversity in the western Palearctic region, where 5 genera occur (Beraea Stephens, Beraeamyia Mosely, Ernodes Wallengren, Beraeodes Eaton, and Beraeodina Mosely, the latter 2 monotypic). The genus Beraea also occurs in eastern North America, where 3 species are known. A single genus, Notoernodes, with 2 species, occurs in Tanzania. Elsewhere the family is found only in Japan, where it is represented by the genus, Nippoberaea Botosaneanu, Nozaki, & Kagaya, containing a single species, N. gracilis (Nozaki & Kagaya). Gut contents of Beraea gorteba Ross in southeastern North America included small pieces of vascular plants, fungal mycelia, and other organic material, but no animal parts (Hamilton 1985), foodstuffs probably typical of most species in the family. From Holzenthal et al. (2007).Characteristics
Most beraeid larvae build slightly to strongly tapered cases of small sand grains and live in springs, seeps, and small streams, usually among aquatic mosses, leaf litter deposits, roots of emergent plants, and other dense, marginal vegetation or in the marginal organic sediments (Hamilton 1985). From Holzenthal et al. (2007).References
Hamilton, S.W. (1985) The larva and pupa of Beraea gorteba Ross (Trichoptera: Beraeidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 87, 783–789.
Holzenthal R.W., Blahnik, R.J., Prather, A.L., and Kjer K.M. 2007. Order Trichoptera Kirby 1813 (Insecta), Caddisflies. In: Zhang, Z.-Q., and Shear, W.A. (Eds). 2007 Linneaus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy. Zootaxa. 58 pp. 1668:639-698
Wallengren, H.D.J. (1891) Skandinaviens Neuroptera. Andra afdelningen. Svenska Akademien Handlingar, 24, 1–173.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Beraea maura |
|---|---|
| Location | Piedmont, Italy |
| Creator | Karl Kjer |
| Identified By | Hans Malicky |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| View | Lateral |
| Collector | G.B. Delmastro & M. Evangelista |
| Source Collection | Barcode of Life Database (BOLD) |
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