Goeridae
Ralph W. Holzenthal, Roger J. Blahnik, Aysha Prather, and Karl Kjer
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This is a widely distributed family, found on all continents except South America and Australia. Ulmer (1903) originally described this group as a subfamily of Sericostomatidae. Flint (1960) and other North American workers considered it a subfamily of Limnephilidae, but other authors either always considered it a separate family (Schmid 1980) or elevated the group to its place as a separate family (Wiggins 1996).
Larvae of Goeridae construct cases entirely of rock fragments; some genera incorporate larger rock fragments laterally. Most larvae live in cool running waters and are grazers on periphyton. Lepania larvae are detritivores in spring seepages (Wiggins 1973b). Archithremma ulachensis Martynov is unusual in having a terrestrial pupa (Levanidova & Vshivkova 1984). (From Holzenthal et al, 2007)
References
Flint, O.S., Jr. (1960) Taxonomy and biology of Nearctic limnephilid larvae (Trichoptera), with special reference to species in eastern United States. Entomologica Americana, 40, 1–120.
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. Zootaxa 1668:639–698.
Levanidova, I.M. & Vshivkova, T.S. (1984) The terrestrial pupa of Architremma [Archithremma] ulachensis Mart. (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae); description and considerations. Aquatic Insects, 6, 65–69.
Schmid, F. (1980) Esquisse pour une classification et une phylogénie des Goérides (Trichoptera). Naturaliste Canadien, 107, 185–194.
Ulmer, G. (1903) Ueber die Metamorphose der Trichopteren. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen vereins in Hamburg, 18, 1–154.
Wiggins, G.B. (1973) New systematic data for the North American caddisfly genera Lepania, Goeracea and Goerita (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Life Science Contribution, Royal Ontario Museum, 91, 1–33.
Wiggins, G.B. (1996) Larvae of the North American Caddisfly Genera (Trichoptera). University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 457 pp.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Goera pilosa |
|---|---|
| Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
| Identified By | Hans Malicky |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| View | Lateral |
| Source Collection | Barcode of Life Database (BOLD) |
About This Page
Ralph W. Holzenthal
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Roger J. Blahnik
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Aysha Prather
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karl Kjer
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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