Studies of connectivity of natural populations are often conducted at different timescales. Studies that focus on contemporary timescales ask questions about dispersal abilities and dispersal behavior of their study species. In contrast, studies conducted at historical timescales are usually more focused on evolutionary or biogeographic questions. In this paper we present a synthesis of connect...

The genus Kisaura Ross, 1956 (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae, Philopotaminae) is reported from India the first time. Six new species are described and illustrated: Kisaura elongatasp. n., Kisaura eloctsp. n., Kisaura clavatasp. n., Kisaura gangtokensissp. n., Kisaura truncatasp. n., all from Gangtok (Sikkim) and Kisaura himachalicasp. n. from Barot (Himachal Pradesh). Male genitalia of this genus ...

United States National Parks have protected natural communities for one hundred years. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (INDU) is a park unit along the southern boundary of Lake Michigan in Indiana, USA. An inventory of 19 sites, consisting of a seep, 12 streams, four marshes, a bog, and a fen were examined for mayflies (Ephemeroptera), stoneflies (Plecoptera), and caddisflies (Trichoptera) (EP...

I revise the Japanese species of the genus Pseudostenophylax Martynov (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae), and recognize 8 species including five new species, P. tohokuensis, P. kuharai, P. itoae, P. tanidai and P. befui, and three previously described species, P tochigiensis Schmid, P ondakensis (Iwata) and P. dentilus (Kobayashi). Pseudostenophylax takaoensis Schmid is synonymized with P. ondakenis....

Trichoptera are a well-studied group of aquatic insects that are recognized by both entomologists and limnologists, for their especially peculiar habit of building nets and cases. The phylogeny of the order is a point of controversy with systamatists. However, the knowledge of their biogeography and their water quality and temperature tolerance provides great promise for the study of past aquat...

New species and subspecies of the genus Rhyacophila (Trichoptera, Rhyacophilidae), i.e. Rhyacophila mikusi n. sp. in the R. yosiiana Group from Taiwan (Republic of China), Rhyacophila wichardi n. sp. in the R. curvata Group, Rhyacophila chayulpa ghunsa new subspecies in the R. chayulpa Group, and Rhyacophila chembo bigu new subspecies in the R. khimbarpa Group from Nepal are described and illus...

The genus Palaeagapetus Ulmer (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae, Ptilocolepinae) is revised in North America. Descriptions of the western species, P. nearcticus Banks 1938, are provided with the first descriptions of the female, pupa, larva, egg and case and with notes on food, habitat and annual life cycle. The male and female of the eastern species, P. celsus Ross 1936, are described or redescribed...

The caddisfly fauna of Minnesota contains at least 277 species within 21 families and 75 genera. These species are based on examination of 312,884 specimens from 2,166 collections of 937 Minnesota aquatic habitats from 1890 to 2007. Included in these totals is my own quantitative sampling of 4 representative habitat types: small streams, medium rivers, large rivers, and lakes, from each of the ...

Extensive sampling for aquatic insects was conducted in the orders Ephemeroptera (mayflies), Plecoptera (stoneflies), and Trichoptera (caddisflies) (EPT) of Isle Royale National Park (ISRO), Michigan, United States of America, during summer 2013. The island was ice covered until 8,000 to 10,000 years ago and is isolated by 22-70 km distance from the mainland. Two hypotheses were examined: that ...