Hesperophylax

Hesperophylax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Trichoptera
Family:Limnephilidae
Tribe:Limnephilini
Genus:Hesperophylax
Banks, 1916

Hesperophylax is a genus of northern caddisflies in the family Limnephilidae. There are about seven described species in Hesperophylax.[1][2][3][4][5]

The type species for Hesperophylax is Platyphylax occidentalis N. Banks.[1]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Hesperophylax:

  • Hesperophylax alaskensis (Banks, 1908) i c g
  • Hesperophylax consimilis (Banks, 1900) i c g
  • Hesperophylax designatus (Walker, 1852) i c g b (silver-striped sedge)
  • Hesperophylax magnus Banks, 1918 i c g b
  • Hesperophylax mexico Parker & Wiggins, 1985 i c g
  • Hesperophylax minutus Ling, 1938 i c g
  • Hesperophylax occidentalis (Banks, 1908) i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hesperophylax Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Hesperophylax". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. 1 2 "Hesperophylax". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. 1 2 "Hesperophylax Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. ↑ "Hesperophylax Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Houghton, D.C.; DeWalt, R.E.; Pytel, A.J.; Brandin, C.M.; et al. (2018). "Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities". ZooKeys. 730. doi:10.3897/zookeys.730.21776.
  • Merritt, Richard W.; Cummins, Kenneth W., eds. (2008). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America (3rd ed.). Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 978-0787232412.
  • Wiggins, Glenn B. (1996). Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). ISBN 978-1442655065.

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