Black flies (Diptera : Simuliidae) and a new species of caddisfly (Trichoptera : Hydropsychidae) in a northwestern Georgia cave stream

Authors
Reeves, WK Paysen, ES
Citation
Wk. Reeves et Es. Paysen, Black flies (Diptera : Simuliidae) and a new species of caddisfly (Trichoptera : Hydropsychidae) in a northwestern Georgia cave stream, ENT NEWS, 110(5), 1999, pp. 253-259
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS
ISSN journal
0013872X → ACNP
Volume
110
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
253 - 259
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-872X(199911/12)110:5<253:BF(:SA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Larvae of Prosimulium saltus, Simulium parnassum (Diptera: Simuliidae) and a new species of Diplectrona (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae), were collected in 1998 from a cave stream in northwestern Georgia, USA. Simuliidae have no t previously been reported from Nearctic cave streams. The cavernicolous si muliids were morphologically similar to those collected on the surface bur with less pigmentation. The collection of P, saltus is a state record and m arks the known southern extent of the species. The adult male, larva, and p upa of the new Diplectrona are described and compared with other known Dipl ectrona species.