751 NOMINA INSECTA NEARCTICA

The Trichoptera list is taken from the very important paper: Morse, J.E. 1993. A checklist of the Trichoptera (Phryganopsychidae not NA) of North America, including Greenland and Mexico. (Plectrotarsidae not NA) Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 119:47-93. The list was modified by the addition of generic synonomies, the reversion to original orthography for the valid species group names, and the elimination of the purely Mexican species. ( not NA) (Tasmiidae not NA) ALTERNATIVE FAMILY NAMES The purpose of this section is to list some family names

the user might encounter in the Trichoptera. This list is not an exhaustive compilation of family group names, but STATISTICS is included for the convenience of the users of the check list. The abbreviation (not NA) stands for not North The following statistics are offered without comment. America, ie. the family is not found north of the US- Mexican border. Family # Names # Valid 17 11 3 3 Agrypniidae (see Phryganeidae) 47 35 (Anomalopsychidae not NA) 8 5 (Antipodoeciidae not NA) 83 78 12 12 Arctopsychidae Helicopsychidae 12 9 (Atriplectididae not NA) 3 3 (Barbarochthonidae not NA) 175 146 Beraeidae 268 245 89 68 Brachycentridae 173 113 Calamoceratidae 406 292 (Calocidae not NA) 10 7 (Chathamiidae not NA) 20 13 56 47 ( not NA) Phryganeidae 50 29 Crunophilidae (see Rhyacophilidae) Polycentropodidae 101 78 ( not NA) Psychomyiidae 20 17 ( not NA) Rhyacophilidae 159 139 Sericostomatidae 19 14 Glossosomatidae Uenoidae 57 50 Goeridae Xiphocentronidae 1 1 (Helicophidae not NA) Total 1792 1415 Helicopsychidae (Hydraosalpingidae not NA) Hydrobiosidae Hydropsychidae Hydroptilidae ( not NA) Lepidostomatidae Leptoceridae Limnephilidae (Limnocentropodidae not NA) Molannidae Mystacidiidae (see Leptoceridae) Odontoceridae (Oeconesidae not NA) (Petrothrincidae not NA) Philopotamidae (Philorheithridae not NA)

TRICHOPTERA: INTRODUCTION